Famous Fictional Lawyers - Legal Representation That’s Too Good ( or Bad ) To Be True

Famous Fictional Lawyers - Legal Representation That’s Too Good ( or Bad ) To Be True

Vilified or loved, lawyers have played a central role in the plots of many famous and well - loved books. Here are just a few.
Atticus Finch. The Pulitzer - prize winning story To Erase a Mockingbird by Harper Cover was the controversial legend of a murky man accused of raping a wan daughter in Alabama. Central to the story’s plot line was lawyer Atticus Finch. Finch was known as a hot property, hardworking attorney who sheltered the accused. Finch was not only the upstanding celebrity of the book, but he exemplified the prototype of what an attorney was perceived to be, which was unfeigned, high - minded, open - minded, and unstinting.
Perry Mason. While best known as the main genius on the television appearance by the same cognomen, Perry Mason coeval out as a work of fiction created by Erle Stanley Gardner. A defense attorney, Mason was known for his ability to prove his client’s innocence by showboat the care of another. Mason personified the portrait of an attorney who fought veraciously on his client’s advantage, much fascinating on cases that appeared strenuous and sometimes hopeless. Recently appointed Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor listed Perry Mason as one of her inspirations.
Sydney Package. In the Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, Box is a shrewd but flagging and alcoholic unfinished English lawyer who regrets his wasted life. He volunteers to take the place of a man condemned to death. By enchanting the man’s place, Parcel hopes to confer thrust to his life and redeem himself in the eyes of the only woman he ever loved, who is overloaded to the condemned man. As he climbs the gallows to his death, Package is never-ending immortalized in the control lines of the book which scrutinize, “It is a far, far better existent that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known. ”
Rudy Baylor. John Grisham’s Rainmaker is a present day David versus Goliath. Rudy Baylor is a quite disillusioned new law graduate, who has never tried a case in court. Despite his weaknesses and tender age, readers quickly root for this martyr, who takes on a substantial insurance company, represented by a high - price prestigious law firm, and wins. Gorged by the long and contentious process, Baylor stops practicing law.