That's just make it even *more* like 'jackpot justice', if you can't pick your own defense attorney.
Agreed, but it would certainly knock the money = licence-to-bend-the-rules system on its ass and make it more equal for everyone. I think you should still be allowed to dismiss and get another if you dont like what you get. I mean think about it, if i were to take a corporation to court where the right/wrong situation was a grey area. How could my £30-£100 an hour solicitor possibly hope to compete against an army of super-trained highly paid, silk wearing lawyers? In a situation like this, "jackpot justice" seems more appealing if you ask me :)
It wouldnt work of course as lawyers still need to charge their 'worth' like any buisness. Prehaps a better system would be that any party could only have an equally sized legal team prehaps (hard to enforce outside court tho :).