Lawyer of the Year 2007

ABA Journal has released its choice as the 2007 lawyer of the year. I'll let you click the link to figure out who it was. But the runners-up says everything you need to know about a lawyer. They are Michael Nifong and Howard K Stern. I totally agree with the ABA that these 2 guys are the pre-eminent face of lawyers that most people have.

Michael Nifong attempted to railroad innocent college kids by hiding evidence only to have his licence taken away and serve a year in prison - or something like that. You can read up on the entire Duke Lacrosse case here.

Howard K Stern is a virtual saint in comparison. He only violated ethics and slept with his client and had a non-binding marriage to the client. He was also, apparently, in the room when her son died and may have given him drugs. He was also hanging around with her when she finally died as well. And he's alleged to have an affair with the father of Anna Nicole's child - not that there's anything wrong with that.

Yes, the ABA has much to be proud of in 2007.