What the public must come to grips with is that law practices have balance sheets, and profit and loss statements like every other business. Besides, crooks pay well. If anything, they tend to pay extra well. Crooks and criminals have no difficulty whatsoever hiring lawyers from prestigious law firms who are well connected with the upper echelons of the judiciary. Whether lawyers are defending the criminal or the victim, they are out to win.
Justice becomes irrelevant.
Losing a case detracts from a lawyer's record of successes. And to their peers, employers, and clients, it can reflect a lack of expertise. Making sure the good guy wins, and justice prevails, has got nothing to do with making a law practice turn a profit. In reality, the two are only vaguely related. Judges and lawyers in one state can cause a criminal to be executed.