M. T. Ledger

At the ripe old age of 23, M. T. Ledger could be an experienced, confident trial lawyer in the universe of Ace Attorney. But he isn't. So far in State v. Johnson, he's preferred to hang back, toss out hesitant objections, and generally work in a support role to August Crowe, providing the court with yet another source of exasperation and comic relief. It remains to be seen whether this will change as the case goes on.

Appearance
''A tall young man of Central American descent, M.T. is probably best noted for his shifty and very expressive brown eyes. He would be a terrible poker player. His head is more on the side of being tall and narrow than round, and sports a mullet of black hair.''

''You can tell that he barely had enough to rent half of a proper suit - he has the proper white top, but he's in faded blue jeans and open-toe sandals which is hardly professional. Money's tight for him!''

He looks very disorganized, with everything looking a touch askew or with pockets overflowing with papers and pencils or what have you, like he might have been pulled out of doing some very important paperwork for this.

Personality
''M.T. is young, inexperienced, and has the wrong idea of what a good lawyer (in so far as the AA-verse goes) is about. He's the product of being pressured to be in a high-paying job while being only just competent enough at it while staring down the abyss of huge student debt. He's thorough with his paperwork, but notably disorganized. Money is always on his mind and will probably be making a number of timely monetary puns ("penny for your thoughts," etc.) every so often. He does not deal with pressure as well as the geniuses and pioneers of the courtroom.''

''His actual legal specialty involves tax and inheritance law more than anything, so... he's really, really out of his comfort zone going in, as he was never expecting to be part of a murder trial. Though blinded by the ability to be paid a handsome sum to really take a bite out of his student debt as soon as possible, he is gradually coming to care about the truth. Whatever happens in this case will make or break his legal career.''

Background
''Money gets you places. When your grades just come shy of making the cut to a prestigious law academy, greasing palms tends to be the order of the day. If you don't have a grant or deep coffers that your family is willing to draw from, though... you take loans.''

''M.T. took them, all right, thanks to pressure to live up to his older brother ("C.D.") whom made it big in the field of psychology research, albeit with some controversy. Transitioning to living on his own in college was fairly rough on him, but ultimately he did reasonably okay in law school and just managed to pass the state bar exam on the third try... and at long last, now is the time to work off that student debt, which is something of a focal point of obsession for him now.''