I think most people think of lawyers as consigliere. Friends. People who will give you good advice. In reality, they're employed by you to legally protect you

I think most people think of lawyers as consigliere. Friends. People who will give you good advice. In reality, they're employed by you to legally protect you to the best of their ability. This means that (a) they view everything through the lense of "What should we do now, in order to have the best possible chance in court in a year?" (to the exclusion of things which might result in not ending up in court) & (b) they can be ordered to pursue another course of action. It's your ship, because it's your money. If you take your hand off the wheel, they're going to do their best given their perspective. But if you resolutely decide "Damn the torpedos", then they'll do their best with that too (shy of deciding not to work for you any longer).