Any self-respecting lawyer has probably said it, or at least thought it: “Nobody can represent my client better than I can.”
On Tuesday the Supreme Court takes up a Missouri case that could enshrine that conceit in constitutional law. The Court in United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez will decide whether and to what extent a paying defendant has an enforceable Sixth Amendment right to the lawyer of his or her choice.
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