Week 5 EOC: Lawyers Looking for Fame

The article was pretty interesting to me, mostly because it was taking a new perspective about lawyers. Most stereotypes about lawyers are that they are greedy and only in it for the money. This was about them being in it for the fame. The case was involving a man deported and denied rights to stay in the United States with his wife and child. I'm not exactly sure why this is such a special circumstance, considering so many of the deportation cases we hear about are situations involving less ground to stand on than a marriage and legal citizen child. But, I think it's intriguing that the lawyer who represents this case is apparently doing it for the fame, not for the money or let alone, the compassion. The lawyer is believed to be seeking reputability, which can be attractive to potential future clientele. People in search of a lawyer would likely select one that had been before Supreme Court with their case, and won. Cases taken to the Supreme Court are among the few and most serious of all. Lawyers that actually make it this far are supposedly considered reputable and powerful, likely to win their cases for their clients. This is what makes clients more partial to these lawyers. This article was especially interesting to me because of this. It wasn't about the usual stereotypes we hear about lawyers-being spineless and money hungry. It was about a whole new motive lawyers supposedly have. One not about the possible outcome of their current cases, it is about the outcome caused by their current cases that affects their future cases.