[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.