The “good lawyer”: good technician or good tactician? The lawyer is classically defined as a technician, as a legal expert who knows the rules precisely and who is able to apply them to complex cases. But many jurists are also tacticians who want to manipulate the law, interpret the law, sometimes distort the law in order to defend interests or more simply to defend a particular conception of law and justice. Law is not a constraint or a barrier. Law is also a strategic tool. The “good lawyer” is therefore the one who plays with the laws, the one who handles the law with the most address. The “good lawyer” is the one who best manages the legal and judicial risks. The “good lawyer” is the one who takes reasonable legal risks. The “good lawyer” is the one who turns to legal creativity and legal innovation.