Mainly a defence lawyer including the Lockerbie bomber, and Tommy Sheridan
As Andrewofgg says, lawyers can't refuse cases because they don't like the client. Everyone is entitled to a defence.
Apparently abusing underage girls is a 'sexual preference disorder'
A lawyer is required to mount the best possible defence for their client. If the client wants to argue they have some kind of disorder the lawyer is required to put that argument even if they think it is complete rubbish. And paedophilia is a recognised psychiatric disorder.
Praised a rapist that subjected a woman to a violent week long ordeal, only gave him 6 years
She did say it was too his credit that he had settled in the UK and had successfully run a business for most of his adult life. She did not praise his actions in raping the woman. I would agree that the remark was unwise, giving easy headlines to the tabloid press, but it does not appear to have affected sentencing significantly. You may feel the sentence was low but, given the facts of the case, it was in line with normal sentencing practice in the Scottish courts, which is why most of the press reported it in a matter of fact manner without the confected outrage of the report in the Express.