Who is Rodney Belk from The Concrete Blonde and what is their importance?

Bosch's lawyer, Rodney Belk, is the city's deputy attorney. He fought hard during pretrial motions to have another judge assigned but failed. Belk is a large man, almost eighty pounds overweight, who sweats profusely when he becomes nervous. He is assigned the case, but deep down believes Harry is guilty, and as such, does very little to accommodate Harry's request for a continuance, even though Harry explains that his testimony might tip off the Follower that they are on to him. Despite believing his client is guilty, he does a reasonably good job defending him, and in the end, the verdict costs Harry only a total of two dollars.