Trial Bar Shifts Its Weight Firmly Behind Obama

Despite the Absence of Edwards This Year, Lawyers Still Pack Plenty of Political Punch

• By Anna Palmer
• Roll Call Staff
• Aug. 28, 2008, Midnight

The trial bar might not have the ballast of fellow lawyer and former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) on the podium this convention go-round, but they are still a powerful force for Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.).