"Lawyers sell themselves to the highest bidder."

Yeah, umm, well...

Years of law school, years of studying and memorized stiltedly worded codes and statutes and their numbers, culminating in a BAR exam at the end...that's a lot of work, and I think that they're at least a little entitled to wanting to make some money on the profession that they've worked so hard for.

Just a little.

But if he sticks up for and wins a case for someone who he knows is guilty(like a certain pro-football star from last decade), he'll have to live with himself and his conscience(assuming it hasn't been seared) until the day they die.

As for your family, I wouldn't be one to talk about questionable morals if I were you.