[justshutupandtakeit]

Few study any lawyer even one as great as Hamilton. He was so multi-faceted that it is easy enough to ignore major achievements which would by themselves make the reputation of a lesser man. In no way have I overestimated his legal career.

Martin was confused but at least he was anti-Jefferson.

[GOPcapitalist]

Few study any lawyer even one as great as Hamilton.

That is false. Most decent law programs have courses in Blackstone, Hale, Marshall, Coke, and one or two of the later Americans (typically a prominent justice) or combinations thereof, yet virtually none has a course in Hamilton. On the courtroom side of the law, historians often teach of the Felix Grundys and Clarence Darrows, but never Hamilton. That is not to say that Hamilton wasn't a good lawyer - simply that he wasn't as great or as prominent as you hype him up to be.