He will never really work as a lawyer. He's been out of school for 9 years and worked for 3, generously interpreted. He's never worked with someone (and never would) who knows what he's doing, and he hasn't done enough of it himself to be competent. No firm is going to hire him, he'd be useless in-house, and no one would risk partnering with a workshy big mouth, much less one who made news for coke and swinging. And he, himself, could not abide any of those options, because God forbid anyone have a legitimate and reasonable opinion about him not pulling his weight.