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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
What lawyers fail to understand--repeatedly--is that most people consider them leeches (or cockroaches--pick your metaphor).

I grant my trash collector more prestige than I do pretty much any lawyer. At least he's doing an honest job for a fair wage.

What about when you get in a car accident or your ex is being difficult in a divorce case, or you have some other reason you need a lawyer. Yes plenty of lawywers are leeches but we live in a society where even your own mother will screw you over.

Being a doctor is prestigious but our medical system is a mess. One of the top debts people have are medical bills so some might consider doctors to be leeches also especially when you look at how some procedures and services are seriously being over charged.[/quote]
The hostility to lawyers is more in the business world. Lawyers are expensive, they are from outside of your business, sometime you see them in bad situations(ie how much will this cost us) and are compensated by the hour. You do a deal and know that the lawyers will come in and take their percentage(ie they are a cost of doing the deal, but it kills you), you ask for a quick clear answer so you can move forward and they never really answer the question (paid by the hour...being thorough or just bilking you?), etc. There are other things(like threatening legal action for person gain, bad inter personal skills, billing issues). Those are one off things, but you remember the people and that they were lawyers. 
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Doctors ...hey you helped my kid with the broken arm...you are great! Thanks.[/quote]

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