36. His entire professional life was pro bono. If he didn't win, it was pro...
...bono -- free.
You know who does pro bono work? NOT public defenders. NOT civil rights lawyers. NOT plaintiffs lawyers who represent poor people. They are helping transfer wealth from the bad guys to the good guys.
Edwards's cases were big and complicated and he did them best when there was a potential for financial rewards. His cases changed business practices if he won, because they were so big. What's he going to do? Do a case for free that's small that has no chance to make a big impact on society like the ones that required expert witnesses and complicated arguments and lots of discovery?
Here are the lawyers who do pro bono: criminal defense lawyers who represent drug dealers, insurance defense lawyers who make their money denying people justice, corporate lawyers who get paid 100K just to write a stock purchase agreement.
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