Look, we’ve never seen someone try to get out of trial so much they get a default judgement in two different states, causing them a judgement of ~1.5 billion dollars. They certainly didn’t have a lawyer who thinks dropping his pants and saying the nword is a funny standuo bit, and no one has told him Grape Job Norm.
Said lawyer also didn’t decide to defend Proud Boys and lose said case as well. So not following the rules and doing whatever you think is established precedence that works, imo.