The summer that I was honorably discharged from the Army, I started law school. My inspiration for attending law school was the character of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. That may sound corny and naïve, but there it is. I wanted to be in a courtroom arguing a righteous point on behalf of some deserving client who was at the mercy of a confusing and relentless legal system. After three years of law school and ten years of practicing as a civil litig...