Isn't this a selection problem though? I've heard criticism of the 'chickenshit club' variety - basically that the government only pursues the most slam-dunk ea

Isn't this a selection problem though? I've heard criticism of the 'chickenshit club' variety - basically that the government only pursues the most slam-dunk easy win cases at all. If that's true, certainly bigshot attorneys still work, just in that they induce the government to never go to court in the first place as opposed to going to court and then losing.