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 book To Smother a Mockingbird by Harper Refuge was the controversial clothesline of a dusky man accused of raping a neutral broad in Alabama. Central to the story’s plot line was lawyer Atticus Finch. Finch was known as a admired, hardworking attorney who safe the accused. Finch was not only the virtuous daredevil of the book, but he exemplified the prototype of what an attorney was perceived to be, which was equitable, high - minded, ajar - minded, and prodigal.
Perry Mason. While best known as the main badge on the television manifestation by the same signature, Perry Mason ad hoc out as a work of fiction created by Erle Stanley Gardner. A defense attorney, Mason was known for his capacity to prove his client’s innocence by view the albatross of another. Mason personified the equivalent of an attorney who fought veraciously on his client’s benefit, repeatedly beguiling on cases that appeared arduous and sometimes hopeless. Recently appointed Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor listed Perry Mason as one of her inspirations.
Sydney Parcel. In the Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, Package is a shrewd but slow and alcoholic growing 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, Parcel hopes to bequeath subject matter to his life and redeem himself in the eyes of the only woman he ever loved, who is tied up to the condemned man. As he climbs the gallows to his death, Container is infinite immortalized in the wall lines of the book which read, “It is a far, far better matter 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 current day David versus Goliath. Rudy Baylor is a moderately disillusioned punk law graduate, who has never tried a case in court. Despite his weaknesses and youth, readers quickly root for this martyr, who takes on a sizeable insurance company, represented by a high - price prestigious law firm, and wins. Surfeited by the long and contentious process, Baylor stops practicing law.