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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"It's only natural for living creatures to fight to protect their own lives. But what makes us human is that we fight for others. But who do you fight for? How hard must you fight...? That's the true measure of what human life is worth. We defense attorneys are warriors who are constantly challenged by that question. Even when the battle is over, and the bonds that connect us are severed... We always return... Time and time again."''
|'''Phoenix Wright''', ''[[Ace Attorney]]''}}
{{quote|'''Judge Garrett:''' In this courtroom, Mr.Miller, justice is blind to matters of race, creed, color, religion, and sexual orientation.
'''Joe Miller:''' With all due respect, your honor, we don't live in this courtroom, do we?
|''[[Philadelphia]]''}}
Some Lawyers are purely in it for the Money. At best they don't care who you are or what they are represent at court as long as the bill gets paid. At worst they are [[Amoral Attorney]]s who will do anything to win while giving a crap whom they have as client.
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{{examples}}
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* From Marvel:
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** And as hard as it is to believe [[Let's You and Him Fight| (given how much the good guys seem to love fighting each other in comics)]] it took ''until 2014'' before [http://marvel.com/comics/issue/49124/she-hulk_2014_10 the two opposed each other on opposite sides in a case.]
* The latest, pre-New52, incarnation of [[Manhunter]] (No, not the [[Martian Manhunter|green one]]) shows one of the more extreme versions of this trope, as she is a prosecutor willing to bring criminals justice as vigilante if it isn't found in court.
* In some versions of ''[[Batman]]''' continuity, Harvey Dent was a District Attorney in Gotham City and ally of Batman before a Gangster throws acid in his face and he becomes Two-Face. Not all, however
== [[Film]] ==
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* John Travolta's character Jan Schlichtmann in ''[[A Civil Action]]'' was this type of lawyer. He ended up {{spoiler|going bankrupt}} because of his dedication to the cause.
== [[Live
* ''[[JAG]]'' veers into this some times, as they go to some lengths to win their cases, like firing a sub-machine gun in the courtroom.
* Most lawyers at [[Boston Legal|Crane, Pool & Schmidt]], given the right case. Especially Alan Shore (after some [[Character Development]]), who is always willing to stand onto his soapbox for the underdog, bends this and [[Amoral Attorney]] together into a nice pretzel.
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