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 tale To Do in a Mockingbird by Harper Refuge was the controversial serial of a piceous man accused of raping a spotless filly in Alabama. Central to the story’s plot line was lawyer Atticus Finch. Finch was known as a esteemed, hardworking attorney who protected the accused. Finch was not only the good protagonist of the book, but he exemplified the paragon of what an attorney was perceived to be, which was up front, high - minded, ajar - minded, and open-handed.
Perry Mason. While best known as the main nature on the television show by the same signature, Perry Mason coeval out as a work of fiction created by Erle Stanley Gardner. A defense attorney, Mason was known for his proficiency to prove his client’s innocence by occurrence the obligation of another. Mason personified the carbon copy of an attorney who fought veraciously on his client’s sake, ofttimes bewitching on cases that appeared strenuous and sometimes hopeless. Recently appointed Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor listed Perry Mason as one of her inspirations.
Sydney Box. In the Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, Parcel is a shrewd but languid and alcoholic puerile English lawyer who regrets his wasted life. He volunteers to take the place of a man condemned to death. By taking the man’s place, Carton hopes to consign force to his life and redeem himself in the eyes of the only woman he ever loved, who is diligent to the condemned man. As he climbs the gallows to his death, Parcel is whopping immortalized in the freeze lines of the tale which peruse, “It is a far, far better point 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 modern day David versus Goliath. Rudy Baylor is a fairly disillusioned growing law graduate, who has never tried a case in court. Despite his weaknesses and adolescence, readers quickly root for this victim, who takes on a sizeable insurance company, represented by a high - price prestigious law firm, and wins. Allayed by the long and contentious process, Baylor stops practicing law.
