Even putting his possible age aside, just being a lawyer doesn't necessarily tell how smart he might be. Yes, presumably he got through law school, but that's very largely a result of being able to read and memorize, and lots of dogged persistence.

In my nearly fifty years working in and around the courts I've known a number of lawyers who raised the question, "How in the world did he ever get through law school?"

And then there's the proverbial "You can't cheat an honest man." The drive to gain by taking unfair advantage of someone can law one open to being defrauded.

Dave Oesterreich