FACT: Lawyers make a lot of money

Razorfish · 03-07-2004, 09:07 PM

http://www.triallawyersinc.com/html/part03.html

Reading this made me sick to my stomach. I've always known law to be a profitable industry but now its producing billionairs. What does everyone else think?

wolf · 03-07-2004, 09:08 PM

Like any profession the big moneymakers represent a minority of people in the profession. I know a lot of lawyers who have trouble making the rent.

Razorfish · 03-07-2004, 09:13 PM

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Originally posted by wolf
Like any profession the big moneymakers represent a minority of people in the profession. I know a lot of lawyers who have trouble making the rent.

Yea your right. This is especially true for lawyers who still believe in justice for all (even those who can't afford it). It just makes me sick to see lawyers taking such a big percentage of the money going to people who were seriously injured or dying of cancer.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-07-2004, 10:53 PM

You know all those lawyer jokes you hear? They're not jokes.

elSicomoro · 03-07-2004, 10:55 PM

Capitalism, baby...sheer unadulterated capitalism.

smoothmoniker · 03-07-2004, 11:02 PM

You know that when lawyers take those cases, it's entirely contingeny based, right? They spend thousands of hours on cases, often pay all costs (DNA testing, expert witnesses, travel, everything) out of pocket, and only recoup when they win. Which doesn't happen as often as everything thinks. We only see the big money winners on TV, never the hunndreds of claims that go nowhere.

I got no problem with somebody who's willing to take that kind of risk, based entirely on their belief that the case is a just cause and will eventually pay off. I got no problem with them being rewarded when they're right.

-sm

03-07-2004, 09:07 PM	#1
Razorfish Superhero Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: New England Posts: 104	FACT: Lawyers make a lot of money http://www.triallawyersinc.com/html/part03.html Reading this made me sick to my stomach. I've always known law to be a profitable industry but now its producing billionairs. What does everyone else think? __________________ Mostly lurking

03-07-2004, 09:08 PM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Like any profession the big moneymakers represent a minority of people in the profession. I know a lot of lawyers who have trouble making the rent. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-07-2004, 10:53 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You know all those lawyer jokes you hear? They're not jokes. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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03-07-2004, 10:55 PM	#5
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Capitalism, baby...sheer unadulterated capitalism.

03-07-2004, 11:02 PM	#6
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	You know that when lawyers take those cases, it's entirely contingeny based, right? They spend thousands of hours on cases, often pay all costs (DNA testing, expert witnesses, travel, everything) out of pocket, and only recoup when they win. Which doesn't happen as often as everything thinks. We only see the big money winners on TV, never the hunndreds of claims that go nowhere. I got no problem with somebody who's willing to take that kind of risk, based entirely on their belief that the case is a just cause and will eventually pay off. I got no problem with them being rewarded when they're right. -sm

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