I have a penchant for defending lawyers who are loathed or scorned, so here goes nothing.

The latest contender for the most-hated lawyer in the land is Sarah Fabian, the Justice Department lawyer (and one-time Kirkland & Ellis associate) who's now identified as the public face of inhumane treatment of immigrant children by the Trump administration.

You probably know Fabian as the Queen of Mean who suggested that migrant kids in detention aren't entitled to sanitary necessities (like soap or toothbrushes) or decent sleep conditions (concrete floors with lights glaring throughout the night). A week ago, she defended the government's handling of these children when she appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.