JACK KEVORKIAN WASN'T IN IT FOR THE MONEY EITHER:

Fighting for a Principle, for Free (John Thor-Dahlburg, April 17, 2005, LA Times)

For the final two weeks of Terri Schiavo's life, Jon B. Eisenberg was part of her husband's legal team. But he knew he wouldn't walk away with a fee.

Instead, the California lawyer said, he spent $2,800 of his own money to travel to Washington when it looked as if the Supreme Court might agree to hear the case.

"Flight, hotels, food, cab, Alka-Seltzer, coffee — it all came from my pocket," said Eisenberg, an appellate attorney from Oakland. "As someone who believes in the Constitution, it was an obligation — it was an honor."

That must be a great comfort to her.

Posted by Orrin Judd at April 19, 2005 11:13 PM