My father is a recent ex-judge and still a practicing attorney in the state of GA which brings you into all types of connects:
- police across the state
- a good family friend is one of the top GBI members of GA
- know many many other judges that help with favors
- know many lawyers
- know many "shadey" 3rd party people that have been represented for defense work and can hook you up in some way or another
- etc, the list goes on...