It's important to point out that before/around this time, Vic already planned on a lawsuit against the worst offenders, but he turned down the two lawyers he approached because he didn't think they would deal with his situation fast enough. This is contrary to the recurring piece of false information is that he was turned down because his lawsuit would fail.
I doubt Ty Beard was best for the job given he made an ass of himself every time it came to actually lay some legal smackdown instead of just getting smashed on Nick's show. But Nick was an awesome PR guy for Vic, so anytime you see "why didn't Vic hire a PR firm?" well, he did, it was Nick Rekieta, and Nick worked for free explaining the situation and making fat jokes about Vic's opponents. Seems to have worked too since he pushed a lot of people into the "Vic definitely isn't guilty" camp.