@DGRossetti
But I really wouldn't want to rely on Trump paying me
As a lot of commentators advised Wisconsin State officials yesterday: make sure the check clears first ...
No-one has to take on the job, though. They don't have a cab rank rule in the US (as barristers in the UK do), do they?
Well doesn't each state have it's own bar, and rules ? And it's not easy to directly compare UK and US legal practices - do any states have a lawyer/barrister distinction ?
If we start with the fiction there's a "justice" system in eiher country, then it's not going to be improved if defendants can't be represented.
There's no cab-rank rule for litigation like this. It's entirely up to a firm to decide whether they want to take on this kind of case. (It's more complicated with criminal proceedings, as there is a right to counsel, and how that's apportioned does vary according to state.)
It's also important to remember that most law firms don't want this kind of work. Giuliani joined Bracewell, a major energy lawfirm, as a named partner in 2005. His name was taken off the firm in 2016. Officially, it was amicable, but the timing is clear. (I know nothing inside about this--I just know what I've read.) And this is a Texas-founded, DC-based firm with a heavy GOP presence in its most famous former attorneys and huge numbers of oil-lobbying contacts. So Giuliani is operating really on his own/through his personally directed firm, not through anything more established/with a longer history.
Many of Trump's hired lawfirms quit and refused to continue on with litigation: Porter Wright, Snell & Wilmer. Those that haven't, like Jones Day, are trying to distance themselves, claiming they're representing the GOP not Trump.
I suppose what I'm trying to say is that Trump doesn't have unending choices heremany reputable firms are refusing to collaborate with him. I'm not claiming that those who continue to work with him aren't reputableJones Day, for instance, is well-established--but merely that his choices are slim.
As for, Jenna Ellis, who quite recently publicly called Trump disgusting and an idiot, her bio at Colorado Christian University*, where she is a fellow, reads in part "As a Christian attorney, Dr. Ellis has endeavored to contribute to the biblical worldview of law, specifically Constitutional law." It's possible that she's made some of the same compromises that other evangelicals have made--deciding that Trump is a flawed vessel for God's will. They like what he does on abortion and "religious freedom" even if they might secretly wince when he says Two Corinthians.
(*I am 98% sure it's the same Jenna Ellis, who is also a Colorado-based attorney and a Christian, but the picture is slightly throwing me, so if I'm wrong, correct me!)