I've consulted lawyers perhaps a dozen times in life, and not once have they attempted to make me use them. Most actually help me in the 30 or so minutes free t

I've consulted lawyers perhaps a dozen times in life, and not once have they attempted to make me use them. Most actually help me in the 30 or so minutes free to find a better solution. A few times I had to go all in and hire them: I won a copyright infringement suit, stopping someone from selling knockoffs of things I sell, I needed some to represent me in states half way across the country to get a trust drawn in that state rejiggered, I won a case against a landlord. Each of those times I needed one to screw it up by not hiring a lawyer could have cost me significant money. And in each case, by hiring one when I was in in the right, the lawyers delivered. And only the copyright suit was expensive to pay lawyers for - the rest would amount to a few months rent to obtain significantly more in return. This is also the experience of a few friends I consult each time I weight "do I need a lawyer". So my experience is 100% the opposite of yours. How many times have you used a lawyer for something and had your example happen? How many times have they not done what you claim? Care to share examples?