Lawyers gone WILD! Why do officers of the court become criminals?

So what is it that makes a lawyer cross over to the dark side?  What could possibly be the motivation for an attorney to violate the very oath that he made to uphold the law?  One could only imagine the motivation for disbarred attorney and convicted ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein...

Perhaps it was the desire to live in a mansion?

Maybe the allure of having a beautiful yacht...

Could it have been the desire to have a multi million dollar car collection?

Or maybe the multi million dollar watch collection?

Was it the desire to see himself in the local media?

Or simply the need to create a self aggrandizing false public persona...

Was it all worth it?  Orchestrating the largest ponzi scheme in the history of South Florida only to bring shame to your family and friends then end up completely broke and in prison for the rest of your life?  Definitely not worth it in our opinion, but at least we can see some of the motivation for attorney Rothstein's criminal actions.

Look back at some of the attorneys that we talked about recently, perhaps greed and the quest for some of the accouterments of wealth were the motivation for their illegal deeds.  Although not justifiable, you can see what helped tempt these officers of the court to break the law.  With that said, we'll leave you with this question to ponder over the weekend, if greed was the motivation for the lawyers that we discussed to break the law, what's the motivation for a prosecutor to break the law and as Judge Cohn who sentenced Mr. Rothstein to 50 years in jail yesterday said are guilty of "perpetrating a fraud on the court?"


Have a great weekend!