"Willi" wrote in message
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Jeff Miller wrote:


I don't think that comparing lawyers with most other professionals works
very well. When people get involved in the legal system and have
to employ a lawyer, they are involved in a "competition." One side will
win and the other will lose. There are often compromises made but these
compromises are arrived at in an adversarial situation. The stakes
involved in these "competitions" are usually very high.

I don't know of any other situations where an average person hires
someone to "compete" for him.

Another good example is a tax accountant. When I hire one, he is competing
against me (for what I would have gotten as a refund without him) and
against the Gobmint. I figure that if I might get a $500 refund without him,
and a $1500 refund with him, its worth it, even if I have to pay him $600 to
do it for me. Same with the lawyer: If I'd get nothing without him and get
$100,000 with him, but pay him half, its still worth it.

--riverman