Top ten dodgy lawyers in literature

Alex Wade is a writer, freelance journalist, media lawyer and lecturer. His newest book is Flack's Last Shift. One of the author's ten top dodgy lawyers in literature, as shared at the Guardian:

Sandor Himmelstein in Herzog by Saul Bellow

Here’s another tricky customer. Sandor Himmelstein is the lawyer to Moses E Herzog, Bellow’s eponymous protagonist. Herzog is going through a divorce, but staying with Himmelstein doesn’t do him any favours. He’s bullied by the lawyer, who despises Herzog’s emotional response to the world and merrily declares of his profession: “We’re all whores.” There are various morals in Herzog; one might be to never, ever stay with your lawyer.

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