Over the years, I’ve represented sentient robots, hyper-intelligent gorillas, and time-displaced cavemen. They all followed one simple rule: they wore pants in my office.

In a world of vigilantes and supervillains, a good defense lawyer never stops working. Eva Corson is one of the best, having made a living defending the dangerous, the evil, and the criminally insane. For many superheroes, she is worse than the villains she defends. In her eyes, though, everything she does is about the pursuit of justice and redemption.

Coming Up as a Public Investigator

Like many defense attorneys, Eva began her career in the ranks of public defenders. She met with modest success, considering the low acquittal rates that public defenders tend to achieve. She did gain a reputation for attention to detail and persuasive oral arguments that would stay with her throughout her career, though.

As a public defender, Eva’s most prominent case came when she defended a bank robber named Razorbill, who couldn’t afford an attorney after being arrested for grand larceny, assault, and resisting arrest. Eva identified numerous procedural mistakes in Razorbill’s arrest, leading to a surprising acquittal despite what most considered an airtight case for conviction.

Unfortunately, Razorbill wound up in jail less than a year later when he tried to rob the same exact bank. This experience gave Eva a reputation as someone who used loopholes and technicalities to get her clients off the hook. Just as significantly, though, it made Eva start to wonder how she could turn people that society saw as evil into truly rehabilitated citizens. The sting of headlines questioning her integrity lingered, and she wanted to make sure that she could prove that the legal system didn’t just put away bad guys, but could also turn their lives around.

Private Practice

With hard work and raw talent, Eva’s reputation took off. Eventually, she received an offer to join the Murdock & Walters Group, a prestigious law firm based out of Masters City. Eva leaped at the opportunity, and it not only bolstered her career but also provided her with more work in the superheroing world. With empathy for her clients, a strong knowledge of the nuances within the legal system, and a willingness to stand up for those whom society had already determined to be guilty, Eva became a favorite representative of those who wore the brand of “supervillain.”

Unfortunately, Eva’s skill in defending supervillains didn’t play as well with her employers. As her profile rose, Murdock & Walters began losing some of their more reputable clients. Eventually, despite Eva’s obvious skill, the law firm parted ways with her in order to save its own image. That didn’t bother Eva, though; she had spent several years building contacts and honing a reputation. She was ready to take on new challenges by herself.

On Her Own

Despite the professional hit of being let go by Murdock & Walters, Eva leveraged her reputation as a bright up-and-coming lawyer to begin her own private practice. Unfortunately, the very reputation that made her a success also limited her clientele. Due to her history, Eva got mostly supervillain clients. This made her known as the woman who defended the worst society had to offer, but it also ensured that she was never lacking for work. Her status as an elite supervillain defender is also what ultimately landed her a prize client in Roosevelt Pythagoras.

Unfortunately, while Roosevelt sought Eva out based on her success with other high-profile criminals, he made a less than ideal client. It took her weeks to even get him to talk with her, and the best defense he could muster was, “a clone did it.” Basing an entire defense on the notion that an evil clone committed the crimes instead proved to be a flimsy strategy, especially since nobody had evidence that said clone even existed.

But now, five years after Roosevelt received his original guilty sentence, an exact duplicate of him has just turned up dead at a crime scene. With Eva’s legal razzle-dazzle, Roosevelt Pythagoras is about to hit the streets again. Will he be a hero this time, or go back to his villainous ways? Check out Meddling Heroes to find out!

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