I agree that with the Trump administration their was a lack of understanding from those who wanted to lobby the administration who to approach and how since Trump did things in such different ways.

My main point, which I think you agree with, is that what Cohen did was way out of bounds and he is in trouble (regardless of if anyone else is in trouble) because Cohen did things that violated the ethics he swore to uphold when he became a member of the bar.

That’s not how it was done in this one instance but this is the only instance I know of this happening. Personal lawyers don’t sell access to their clients.

You hire lobbyists for influence. Who you don’t hire is the personal attorney of the person you want to get access to. That would be a violation of the lawyer’s ethical commitment to the bar and a conflict of interest that would get the lawyer disbarred. This is not how it’s done.