Everyone deserves a good lawyer, even man’s best friend, according to Richard Rosenthal, a man who represents dogs who people want euthanized.

Rosenthal most famously was able to get a Nevada mastiff named Onion off the hook after he killed his owner’s 1-year-old son after the baby went up to the sleeping 120-pound dog and grabbed him.

After a nearly two-year legal skirmish, Onion was released to an out-of-state rescue thanks to Rosenthal, who was inspired to leave family and criminal law to work with animals.

The child’s grandmother, despite losing her grandson, was adamant that the dog not be euthanized. The county dropped the case rather than make the family appear in court.