You'd be surprised how many prosecutor's offices passed up on me as an Assistant Prosecutor before I got where I'm at now. There's a line, "any or immediate family been convicted of a serious misdemeanor or felony?". The name I am forced to write down is a state RICO violator. Suffice is to say it wasn't my grades, interviewing skills, or family connections that lost me my first 3 or 4 open slots. You are who your uncles, great uncles, cousins, brothers or parents are.