My wife went to law school. I know lots of lawyers. The spread between Justin (first in his class by a fat margin), and the bottom, oh, say, quarter of the class, is brutal.
Justin relishes a fight; he's confident. He's creative in his thinking. Many lawyers are paper pushers. They file the right documents, fill out the right forms, but they can't think tactically to save their lives. They're never going to change the outcome of a case.