Underscoring the value of “battle-tested” lawyers is the implicit and very real factor of hidden information. These top litigators have tons of it, relationship

Underscoring the value of “battle-tested” lawyers is the implicit and very real factor of hidden information. These top litigators have tons of it, relationships and reputations with judges and courts, knowledge of poorly documented procedures, etc. it’s not that they’re smarter or better lawyers than anyone else, just a most protected class of people who have done it before. And the only way to be admitted to the club is to work under someone in the club. It’s protectionism through bureaucracy at its purest. The drivers of this, of course, are the judges. Who through hubris and incompetence foster these conditions. It’s not that they’re in on the game, really, it’s just that they’re dictators of their own court and have no motivation to make their courts accessible to anyone, and feel empowered to punish clients represented by attorneys that don’t know their preferred formats and fonts. It’s a silly situation that should be dealt with