8 favourite lawyers from literature
<p>Literature has produced a number of memorable lawyers over the years. We’ve put together a gallery containing eight of our favourite lawyers from fiction.</p>
<p>To view all these iconic lawyers, scroll through the gallery above.</p>
<p><strong>Dr Gonzo – Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas</strong></p>
<p>Hunter S. Thompson famously blurs the line between fact and fiction in this book, with Dr Gonzo understood to be a reference to real life attorney Oscar Zeta Acosta.</p>
<p><strong>Sydney Carton – A Tale of Two Cities</strong></p>
<p>This Charles Dickens classic features Sydney Carton, an alcoholic lawyer with disdain for everyone around him except for his unrequited love for Lucy Manette.</p>
<p><strong>Paul Biegler – Anatomy of a Murder</strong></p>
<p>In this thriller by Robert Traver, Paul Biegler is the underdog, humble country lawyer who is up against a big-city prosecutor in what seems an unwinnable case.</p>
<p><strong>Jake Brigance – A Time to Kill</strong></p>
<p>John Grisham generally has the literary community divided, but his history as a successful lawyer has let him to create compelling characters like Jake Brigance.</p>
<p><strong>Guillaumin – Madame Bovary</strong></p>
<p>An opportunistic antagonist in Gustave Flaubert’s classic novel, Guillaumin takes advantage of Emma Bovary when she comes to him seeking financial advice.</p>
<p><strong>John Milton – The Devil’s Advocate</strong></p>
<p>As far as evil bosses go they don’t come much better than John Milton in Andrew Neiderman’s novel, who’s quite a bit more evil that anyone would think!</p>
<p><strong>Portia – The Merchant of Venice</strong></p>
<p>While she’s technically not a lawyer, Portia manages to pull of the legal move of the century while in court in Venice with Shylock demanding a pound of flesh.</p>
<p><strong>Atticus Finch – To Kill a Mockingbird</strong></p>
<p>And who could forget Atticus Finch? The main protagonist in Harper Lee’s classic To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus is a noble, principled protagonist.</p>
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