About 95% care for their client. About 5% don’t, and those care for stats, screwing over the opposition or even just money or doing the least amount of work.
Though specifically criminal defense is such a thankless job because everybody hates you and even the court is often subconsciously biased against you, I can imagine people specifically in that role tend to be more idealistic, so that would mean maybe 98% of them care for their client.
They I should also say, attorneys generally only care about doing a good job, only a very tiny fraction would care enough for their client to get them into trouble with the state bar.
But yeah, I feel like lawyers get a bad rep because you gotta fight for your clients as written in the fifth amendment even if they turn out to be douche bags.
About 95% care for their client. About 5% don’t, and those care for stats, screwing over the opposition or even just money or doing the least amount of work.
Though specifically criminal defense is such a thankless job because everybody hates you and even the court is often subconsciously biased against you, I can imagine people specifically in that role tend to be more idealistic, so that would mean maybe 98% of them care for their client.
They I should also say, attorneys generally only care about doing a good job, only a very tiny fraction would care enough for their client to get them into trouble with the state bar.
But yeah, I feel like lawyers get a bad rep because you gotta fight for your clients as written in the fifth amendment even if they turn out to be douche bags.