Mr. McSwain handled the legal theories, relations with the media, and of course, dealings with Mr. Hamidi, whom he calls an ideal client, rational and calm.
His lawyer, John R. Grele, said Judge Fogel's decision was "neither a legal nor rational response" to his client's efforts to avoid execution or undue pain.
All conditions in a query have two optional attributes 'fixed' and 'weight' which can be set to an arbitrary rational number by the client which sends the request.
There are no right answers, but they should be rational in the context of who the client is and where they are in the cycle of life.
But it also made rational sense: the Russian state is Rotenberg's main client and source of wealth, so it would be far costlier to turn against Putin than to bear the burden of sanctions.
Rational was built on two guiding principles: helping its clients' businesses grow and doing so with strategic insight and creative excellence.
Lawyers for those offenders say their clients include the brain damaged and the highly rational, simple exhibitionists and violent rapists.
"The deep-pocketed Qatari royal family backing Al Jazeera handily outbid any other bidder's rational bid," the research firm PrivCo said in a note to clients.
Clients who do not have this interest and believe in rational decision making in a (nearly) perfect financial market, are expected to move on to totally self-sustaining and automated services.
"We're saying to clients 'We'd urge you to increase your allocation.' " But the rational argument is a hard sell.
In a research note to clients, Matthew Fassler, analyst at Goldman Sachs, says outsourcing the Web site is a rational decision, as its execution continues to get better.
