41. Simpson looked on from the defense table, smiling, shaking his head, chatting with his lawyers as the tape played from three separate angles. 42. So this was hardly the most propitious time to come up with a defense lawyer as hero. 43. Since the fund is based in Washington and governed by federal law, the association need not rely solely on New York lawyers as volunteers. 44. Supporters put on an ad campaign generally portraying lawyers as sleazy ambulance-chasers. 45. Television programs and movies portray lawyers as rapacious, sex-crazed or addle-brained. 46. That would allow prosecutors to try him in federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria, regarded by lawyers as having a relatively conservative jury pool. 47. The business side paints the trial lawyers as vicious piranahs feeding off society for their own financial gain. 48. The dispute was viewed by some lawyers as a test case of South African commitment to attracting foreign investment. 49. The enshrinement of the trial lawyer as the arbiter of social justice. 50. The FBI documents included interview reports that investigators had prepared during the case, but had failed to turn over to defense lawyers as required. |