Our family lawyer, who has been practicing 30+ years in two states agrees that driving is a right. Is he a kook also?
As for your family lawyer, I have no idea. Being an attorney doesn't say one way or the other about being a kook. The US Congress has many kooks that are lawyers, so does the ACLU so does the Sierra Club, so does PETA. Liberal kook lawyers are destroying the Country. But that does not mean all of them are kooks. Pick an issue, you will find experienced lawyers on every side.