Public Interest
Jan. 30, 2001
Are We Greedy?
Unless lawyers want to be perceived as greedy hypocrites, they should contribute some of their time and money to helping people who can't afford them.
People think of lawyers as greedy. They are right that lawyers make a lot of money due to our leverage over access to the courts and capital markets, the latter because federal law makes lawyers necessary to issue public offerings or file statements with the Securities Exchange Commission. Because corporations pay us a great deal of money for thos...