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Really? That's interesting.
Look up the "cab rank rule"
Summary here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cab-rank_rule
Edit: I don't think many people know about this. You often see people on Twitter judging a barrister on who they have represented before as if there is any choice in the matter.
My Dad ended up quitting criminal law because of the emotional strain caused by putting huge amounts of effort into defending somebody who had comitted the most despicable crimes. He just wasn't cut out for it. Kept him awake at night. Probably still does.
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Really? That's interesting. So you're not allowed to consider 'reputational damage', or is such a thing not as relevant in light of not being able to choose clients?
(for example, finance here, we have a long list of clients (countries even) we can't deal with due to potential reputational problems).