 Before the Cylon attacks on the Colonies, Lampkin was an attorney with the Caprica City Public Defender's Office; earlier in his career, he had worked for the same office under Joseph Adama, father of Bill and grandfather of Lee.On the morning of the attacks, he was about to board a shuttle leaving Gemenon, having retrieved Lance, his wife's cat, from a vet there, and thence escaped with the ragtag fleet.After former President Gaius Baltar is recaptured by Colonial forces halfway through season three, the government decides to try him for crimes against humanity.