[ProjectArcturis]

This an existential issue for Coinbase, so it's not surprising they would shell out for the best lawyer they could get. And it's not surprising that Grewal would quit his judgeship for a payment that's probably more than 10x his annual salary. Grewal is risking very little. He'll be set for life regardless of how this turns out.

[johndhi]

That's the thing -- it feels risky (at least for me, a lawyer) because being a federal judge is like the most coveted position in the world, and lawyers are incredibly serious people about maintaining their reputations and impartiality etc.

[vkou]

And? Lawyers have argued cases for the benefit of far worse groups than Coinbase, without tainting their reputations and impartiality.

It's not the case that a lawyer argues - everyone who needs legal representation deserves to have it, it's how a lawyer argues it.