As far as what I was thinking, yes it occurred to me that I would make enemies. I wasn't interested in building my law career like many other attorneys. Most of my cases were pro bono. I enjoyed practicing law to make wrongs right, and to sue government. I expected to make enemies along the way. I never expected such foul play though, going after me so personally like this. Don't get me wrong, being an attorney was still my sole source of income, but I didn't need much to live off of. It doesn't take very many hours of paid work a month to live decently as an attorney though.

Normally, your advice would be sound. But there is no such attorney like that in this state. I was given advice by an attorney out of state to try that in his home state, and I contacted such an attorney. But this state doesn't work like that. So that's a dead end.