"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
It does beggar the imagination, doesn't it, how some of these lawyers
can look themselves in the mirror.

To be sure, all of the attorneys with whom I am personally familiar drive
nicer cars than mine and live in better houses, but not all of the "big"
settlements ballyhooed in the media are truly windfalls for the attorney.
These things do take substantial preparation time and incur sometimes
substantial out of pocket expenses for the lawyer and his firm. I don't
doubt that on a per hour basis they're doing okay, but I think the
perception is too often that a million bucks goes right into the pocket of a
greedy lawyer. 'Tain't necessarily so. With the possible exception of the
ones spending all their time posting here, those guys actually work hard for
a living. For a good narrartive of how badly things can sometimes go, I
highly recommend "A Civil Action" by Jonathan Harr.

Joe F.