You are apparently laboring under the belief that the majority of lawyers are trial lawyers.
No, I was specifically talking about the creatures who inhabit the nation's courtrooms. We are of course aware that most of the denizens of Capitol Hill and its immediate environs are part of the infestation, and that their gig is also money and power:
"There's a world of people here in Washington who enjoy taking other people's money and making a lot of money off of it. People in public service come to Washington making less than $100,000 a year and walk out of town making $3 million." - Brain Lamb (C-Span CEO)
If you can believe it, it's even less work to do the Washington thing (if you're a natural-born grifter), AND you get to boink all the best-looking babes in the country...