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These are very different times, even in Arizona. In some parts of the country, the Grand Canyon State has a reputation that still lingers on from the old days, where people like Wyatt Earp could come to hide out from the rest of the country, and even get elected to office while running from various charges. The truth is, the Arizona lawyer of today is not the same as the ones who worked on cases involving horse thieves. There may be some remnants of old battles that linger on in the court system, but the majority of the time it’s run according to the same standards as anywhere else.

Sometimes it’s even more so, because a law firm in Arizona, if it’s been around for a few generations, will have lived through some of these more famous outlaw times. The cycles of history might tend to repeat themselves in various variations, but it’s much more difficult today to lead double lives. But the idea still has a certain quiet power, that is as strong as the pull of any myth of the Old West.

People do come to the state with the intentions of making a better life for themselves, and there are often people who come through looking to reinvent who they are. This doesn’t have the same social effects as a feud that erupts in places like the O.K. Corral and tends to play itself out more in the realm of the workplace. There are actors, visual artists, musicians, and even real estate agents who come to town looking for a chance to become the thing they always wanted to be.

It is an attractive place to do it, and there are lots of historic places, like Tombstone , where Wyatt did end up having to meet with lots of lawyers multiple times, but today the outlaw mentality is a show, and the lawyers work to help people get what they deserve.