If you find someone in high-school or varsity, you should stick with them. It gets real nasty in the adult world. Everyone is lying and bullshitting. Also it gives you a stable foundation to focus on your career. He'll professionally outpace most of his peers in a few years.
All law firms are equal, but some law firms are more equal than others.
You are not seeing the inside of a holding cell if these guys are backing you up :
-Webber Wentzel
-Bowmans
-ENSafrica
-Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
-Werksmans Attorneys