How could an attorney be that stupid?
There in lies the answer.
It reminds me of the punch line to an old joke. When on an interview a prospective accountant was asked to add a column of numbers.
He turned it in blank, then asked the interviewer: "How much do you want it to be?"
The smartest Lawyer I ever knew opened a topless club in Texas.
The question answers itself.
Some attorneys are smart; others are dumb as posts (most of them, imho).
Look at the post-lawyer careers: Judges, politicians...