[pet·ti·fog·ger] an inferior legal practitioner, especially one who deals with petty cases or employs dubious practices.

[soph·ist] a paid teacher of philosophy and rhetoric in ancient Greece, associated in popular thought with moral skepticism and specious reasoning.

[pe·dan·tic] of or like a pedant.

[dog·mat·ic] inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true.

[varlet] a rascal or a dishonest, deceitful person