5 things Hollywood gets wrong about lawyers - and 2 things it gets right

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Gregory Peck's turn as Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird" is widely considered one of the greatest heroes in American film. In real life, many lawyers don't ever argue cases in court.

As any lawyer who's had to listen to "lawyer jokes" can tell you, the legal profession has a bit of a bad rap.

But lawyers aren't all bad. There are plenty of heroic attorneys depicted in movies and television shows, from Harper Lee's Atticus Finch to the ever-rotating squad of DAs on "Law and Order."

Business Insider spoke with several lawyers, who shared their own opinions on some of the most popular legal tropes in television and movies today: