Nice Lawyers Finish First – Acquiring the Seven Virtues of Good Lawyering. It’s been said that nice guys finish last. And while that may be true in the rough and tumble arenas of politics, professional prize fighting and marriage, nothing could be further from the truth in the practice of law. Zealous representation doesn’t require us to be zealots. In fact, the most effective representation requires just the opposite. Nice lawyers finish first…..and so do their clients!