In my experience, most lawyers don't want to go to trial. Billable hours are billable hours and going to trial is an incredibly exhausting process, no matter ho

In my experience, most lawyers don't want to go to trial. Billable hours are billable hours and going to trial is an incredibly exhausting process, no matter how mediocre of a lawyer you are or how "evil" you are. It's incredibly physically demanding and one slip-up can cost you the whole thing. You're often living out of a hotel (away from family and friends) and just living and breathing the trial for sometimes as long as 3 or 4 weeks. Much better to drag it out (assuming you're a lawyer who doesn't care about the client as long as you get paid) and reach a settlement.