Eggert has a Harvard Law degree that he utilized in the PD's office for years because he believed in a noble, albeit unfounded principle that the police "make war on the poor" and only lock up people that can't afford good legal counsel so that they never haave to go to trial. He finally got fed up with the crappy pay when he and his wife adopted a child and went into private practice. He is a good attorney, but the only difference is that now he charges lots of $$$$$ to defend the same type of