What is the purpose of lawyers having such high salaries?

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Anna F	i've always wondered that! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Jane	We need to bribe people with high salaries so that they will be lawyers. No one actually wants to Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Le Villain	keep people's freedom in a sophisticated way Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Yaoi Shonen-ai	Supply and demand. You demand--sometimes desparately--what they offer, and they often offer to take your case for a percentage. Other times it's just a flat out fee. You need it bad enough, you will take it. But that is different than the "purpose," which is to earn the lawyers as much as the market is willing to bear, and usually no less. You and I do the same. If the profession i am in only pays up to $X, that is all the market will bear. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

wiremu	exploit taxpayers Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Choo Choo	They are Greedy. My Brother is one. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

TedEx	Four years undergrad college, 3 years of law school, plus having a license to do things which someone without a license cannot do. They are in a commanding position. "Pay me, or you get thrown to the wolves." Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

italian queen<3	my dad's a lawyer... you hav to hav a degree. and the salary varies from the degree. my dad has a Ph.D. in chemistry, so he makes a lot of money from his job. and it helps if you go through a lot of schooling. my padre went through 7 years of college. and the job is HARD. and you hav 2 be VERY smart to make a lot of money and hav a GOOD job. and if you live in a highly populated area, you prob get more clients, and so, more money. -rasari Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

indulgeme	Because your fuc$$$ if you don't have one and some times your still fuc$$$ when you have one. Unfortunately we need them. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

blktan24	are you serious??? almost all lawyers are mostly underpaid a new lawyer can make 35k while a garbage man makes more. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

hottotrot1_usa	To say that something is done with a "purpose" implies that somebody somewhere is planning and deciding that lawyers will have high salaries. The market economy that we live in rewards people who provide a good and valuable service. Apparently some lawyers command a high salary, by helping lots of people when they have a serious need for help. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

♫~Mr. McMellow~♪	YEARS of law school Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

keepyoureyeswideopen	Need to pay back all their education loans. I am only half serious with that answer. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

RJR	Greed. Lawyers save you from being the victim of other lawyers. And since most people will pay through the nose to say out of legal trouble....... But if you're broke don't worry. You're guaranteed 3 hots and a cot. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

SpringChick	I guess to pay for all the school they went through. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

dot	They work very hard at their education and the pursuit of their carreers. It has to pay off at some point, right. More people should be commited enough to do that. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

XiaoMei	they wanna get good salaries if there going to save you from geting out of jail for the next 25 years. Or if there going to make you more money then what they get i.e if you sue for $1 000 000. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

banjoman	I have a better question. Why are 75 percent of all the lawyers in the world working in the United States, with only 6 percent of the people? In other words, why does the United States need THREE TIMES AS MANY LAWYERS AS THE REST OF THE WORLD COMBINED? Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

daniel s	they like to have lots of moneyy Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Carolina Sunshine	First law school is extremely not easy. There is so much to learn . Then if you make it through school, you must past the Bar Exam, which is very difficult. If you are really good, it is one of the most stressful professions. We have many getting out of the business because stress and depression. The laws are constantly changing and they are always learning. You have to be gutsy and very tough and savvy to be a good litigator..If the laws were so easy, we would not need them. However, they have to have a good staff or they could not do all the work themselves. The attorneys in a small practice do not make as much as you would think. And you have to be very good to work you way up to a large law firm or work for a large corporation to make a lot of money. The salaries vary so much. Many/most lawyers are not rich. Only the very best. I live in a College town with a law school and we produce a lot of lawyers. But, only a small number really ever make it big. Those are your trial lawyers, of Litigators. They are the ones who defend you in court and their overhead is high. They also have to be better than average for the heavy cases and in some case the divorce cases.. Many lawyers are Not litigators and many people do not realize this. They have their specialties just like doctors. An attorney primarily does Real Estate , for instance, does not make very much. Corporate lawyers make pretty good, Most divorce and family court lawyers do not make all that well. I worked for our states attorney generals office and many of the lawyers there did not make any more than I did. So they all do not make high salaries. Only the very select few do! Many try to live and act as if they do, but it is not so. We had an attorney who worked for us during the day and worked as a pharmacist at night part time, so that should give you an idea that the majority do not make mega bucks! Snce the economy and Real Estate is so bad, many lawyers are losing their business or just making it doing small cases, trust and wills. But, they do have an expensive overhead to stay in buiness. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

yallerose	First they go to college for four years... after finishing high school of course. Next they go to law school for several years. Then they take the bar exam, which is really hard to pass, some of them have to take it multiple times. Then they have to find a firm to work in or set up their own firm, and like a doctor have to get some experience to build up their practice. So, wouldn't you charge a lot if you had to go through all that? Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Ivan The Terrible	yea like that guy sayd they workaholics Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

?	Purpose? To enjoy life after a stressful career day. The more important issue here is the same as why are the gas prices continually growing. It's the law of supply and demand. You need them on occasion, and there are a lot of other people who need them too, and not as many of them to meet the demand, so, the prices go up. It's America. God Bless you, and God help us. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

butterfliesRfree	Because they went to college and because they can. It sucks sometimes though if you are going through crap.....I worked in law (secretary) for MANY MANY YEARS. Back a while ago (years) I worked for a lawyer who drove an old pick-up (he liked it) -- he was a Circuit Court Judge --- he took on cases for people who couldn't afford lawyers -- not even through anyone - he was awesome. He died............the good old guys are gone now............I won't even work for them anymore. It's disgusting. I work in a hospital now.........back to the good guys with good morals. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Dentist H since 2001	it pays for their expensive education. usually 3+ years AFTER 4 year college. The average professional is over $150-200K in debt at graduation. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

orionthx	They do A LOT work.... Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

VOTE YES ON 3 IN MASSACHUSETTS	have you ever looked at a law book??? do you have any idea how many thousands and thousands of laws that they must know and know well enough to save someones life? do you know how much research is done on one single case or how many hours and years are spent studying to get a law degree? well thats why, its the same as a doctor. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

arachdog	They are very highly trained, and performing a highly stressful job. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Hyabusawife	People will pay any price to make their problems go away. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Old Goat	so that they can make a lot of money. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Leash	There is no legitimate purpose for it. Basically, most politicians and law makers are lawyers. So it's the lawyers themselves that make the legal system deliberately over complicated so that regular people have to pay them lots of money to keep from being victimized by the legal system. You can't even buy a house or die and leave your money to your kids without paying a lawyer to make sure the government doesn't take it away. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No