A lawyer is like any other profession, like a doctor, a mechanic, an accountant or an engineer, there are good ones and there are bad ones. With lawyers, it is very difficult for the average person to tell the difference. Also, in a civil court you can't choose your lawyer, you take what they give you. One lawyer claims that "50% of all people involved in litigation will end up hating at least two lawyers" (Case). There are attorneys who have graduated from law school, passed the bar exam, and are licensed to practice law in the state, but seem to have no idea how to defend a client in a criminal case at trial due to lack of experience. Some lawyers lose sight of the possibility of maintaining alternative post-conviction paths for their clients. Another source agreed with the quotes: “The reality is that prosecutorial misconduct is at least as serious a problem at the local level, where prosecutors are less trained” (Lindorff). Finding an experienced lawyer who is everything to the client is not as easy as it seems, but they do it