It means that the country is denied the talents of outstanding lawyers who cannot afford to take drastic pay cuts to go on the Federal bench.

He was one of the outstanding lawyers who ever served.

He was an outstanding lawyer and his judgments have provided authoritative guidance in many areas, particularly in the criminal field.

Lord Falconer called him an "outstanding academic lawyer".

He was an outstanding lawyer.

Mr. Aoyama is widely regarded as an outstanding lawyer who could have had any job he wanted.

In Miami she developed a reputation as an outstanding antitrust lawyer.

I think she is an outstanding lawyer and an outstanding person.

He won the case and emerged as an outstanding lawyer in India.

He became one of Belleville's and Southern Illinois' most outstanding lawyers.