That's very true.
You might listen to me today as you and I are talking and hear that I have one view as a citizen mixed with one as a criminal defence lawyer.
When I walk into a courtroom, which I have done every single day of my life for 20 years, there is no guesswork. It is unmitigated zeal to do the very best job I can for that client, whether you want to use more media terms in terms of a trial and getting them acquitted or getting them out on bail even if they've committed 17 crimes and they were out on 15 bails.
This part of my life in which I'm talking to you stops, and when I go into the courtroom, unmitigated zeal is a very polite way to talk of the passion I undertake on behalf of any client who hires me. I am not as concerned in that moment with public safety or the balancing that we're talking about here today. I have one mission, and I choose to accept it.
