Most people get their ideas of what a lawyer is and does from television.
They don t realize most lawyers are not like Court TVs talking hairdos pontificating about the latest media event. Once that's done, the successful lawyer can reap the benefit of some mega book deal. The fact is, the most important legal work is done far away from klieg lights and court rooms. Real legal work is not winning glamorous trials. It is the rather humdrum task of making sure the trial never happens.