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Yes. Former prosecutors make good defense lawyers because they more-intimately know how the other side thinks.

• dragonwriter 8y ago
  There is a difference between former prosecutors (who have knowledge of a prosecutor but not the political and institutional incentives of a prosecutor) and someone who much of their current workload is as a public prosecutor. Yes, a former prosecutor is a great person to get as a defense attorney. That's not the question I asked.
  • rhizome 8y ago
    You asked a question about a hypothetical, but I don't know why a relationship with police should necessarily inhibit good representation. That said, it's not like the defense/prosecutor caseload would be the only thing to change if this hypo came to be. It wouldn't happen in a vacuum, no "suppose everything was the same tomorrow except everybody's calendar got mixed up!"
    • dragonwriter 8y ago
      Well, sure, if we enter a world where criminal convictions aren't politically useful stepping stones in the way successful criminal defenses aren't, the plan is great.