Or at least they should be!

Attorneys Richard Strassberg and Marc Mukasey are key players in two major coming trials: the civil mortgage-fraud trial against Bank of America Corp., which is scheduled to begin this week, and the criminal insider-trading trial of former SAC Capital Advisors LP portfolio manager Mathew Martoma, slated for November….

In the mortgage-fraud trial, Messrs. Strassberg and Mukasey will be sitting shoulder to shoulder defending Bank of America and a former executive. In the insider-trading case, the attorneys will likely be rivals. Mr. Strassberg is representing Mr. Martoma, while Mr. Mukasey is representing a doctor expected to be the prosecution's star witness against the former hedge-fund trader….

"Marc is a terrific attorney so it's not surprising that he's in some of the most high-profile cases, but he's going to do what he needs to do and so will I," said Mr. Strassberg.

Mr. Mukasey was similarly polite.

"Rich and I have been friends for years, ever since we tried a case together at the U.S. attorney's office," he said. "I know he'll fight hard for his client in both cases, and I'll fight hard for mine."

Attorney Seeks Delay in Martoma Insider-Trading Case [WSJ]