Lawyers, Law Firms Maintain Support for Charlie Rangel Despite Ethics Accusations http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/07/-normal-0-lawyers-and.html

Lawyers and law firms are already on pace to surpass the $146,000 they donated to Rangel during the 2008 election cycle. The industry has have given more than $142,000 to the congressman's reelection campaign this cycle. The American Association of Justice -- the leading association of trial lawyers in the U.S. -- donated $10,000 to Rangel's campaign committee, tied for eighth among his biggest contributors....