MSU's attorney would just bring up contributory negligence:
Someone who is a lawyer can correct me if I'm wrong (and then said lawyer can go straight to hell), but they're all essentially latching on to what folks would get anyhow from car wreck insurance, worker's comp, etc. In other words, somebody signs up with them & gives the lawyer 40% after the attorney "fights" to get you a $10,000 settlement. Except, it's the same $10k settlement you would've got anyways, as these settlemnts are all highly regulated these days.
You’re dead wrong if you think the settlement offer you’ll get as an unrepresented person is the same offer you’d get if you were represented by an attorney. I feel like a claims adjuster told you this one time and you never forgot it.
I've absolutely seen it first hand in worker's comp. The Richard Schwartz of the world aren't adding value for their clients. Of course, there are instances where people absolutely need to lawyer up in insurance/comp cases.
It all depends on the case. 90% of the time, yeah, the lawyer's not going to be able to get you any more than you could get yourself because, contrary to popular opinion, most claims are settled fairly. But there absolutely are cases when a lawyer can more than pay for himself.
As I understand it. It is worse than that. Lets say you get 100k. The lawyer only gets his 40k after the IRS taxes the entire 100k.
Personal injury awards are not taxable.
And the most famous law officer of all time, Buford T. Justice.
You're not wrong, the USA has far more lawyers per capita that other industrialized countries. BUT those countries generally have far more governmental oversight. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/lawyers-per-capita-by-country
I've been to Peru twice and they don't allow attorney ads like the ones we have. They also don't allow government employees to unionize. I realize we're bettern Peru on multiple fronts but I like those 2 laws they have.
It's a damn shame that doctors were effective in clamping down on the new supply of doctors but lawyers in comparison practically didn't even try to limit the number of lawyers. Lawyers unfortunately can more or less create work for themselves whether there's a need for them or not.
The average person hiring those attorneys can’t balance a check book.
In my experience, unfortunately on multiple legal fronts of late, lawyers want cases that are point and click. They have all the paperwork already written, they just fill in the blanks with the names etc. They absolutely abhore any case that requires them to write any kind of motion or filing that they will have to actually research and write new. So if your case matches thousands of others, there's hundreds of lawyers out there itching to do a couple hours "work" and charge you thousands. If your case involves more work than that, piss off.
We already got tort reform.
How is it praying on the little guy?
