I didn't say defense lawyers are "appointed from a government-funded pool." I said many are "appointed," which is the term used in Gideon v. Wainright and Mira

I didn't say defense lawyers are "appointed from a government-funded pool." I said many are "appointed," which is the term used in Gideon v. Wainright and Miranda. "Appointed" covers public defenders and assigned counsel. Both are (under)paid from government funds, but their attorney-client obligations run to the accused, not the government. As for the the rest, "the Defense bar"[0] and "Plaintiff's lawyers"[1] are pretty common terms. Sorry if your speciality is left out. The point is that a lawyer's responsibilities to clients will get hairy if they try to play both sides of common divides like prosecution/(criminal)defense and plaintiff/(corporate) defense. [0] https://www.dri.org/ https://www.dri.org/ [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=plaintiff%27s+lawyer+site%3Awsj.com https://www.google.com/search?q=plaintiff%27s+lawyer+site%3A...