From 1932 to 1938 he worked as a private lawyer.
He said the matter should have been turned over to a private lawyer.
One hour with a private lawyer can cost a full week's military pay.
None of the other private lawyers involved could be reached last night.
"Private lawyers probably would be entitled to God knows how much money."
Even with enough private lawyers, he said, "I don't want you to think for a minute that things would be better."
Far from eliminating private lawyers, he had made them more necessary than ever.
In 1960, he returned to Montreal to work as a private lawyer.
Nixon did not have a private lawyer or need a legal defense fund.
Private lawyers, he said, should be used only for cases in which the central defender has a conflict of interest.