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It's a bit of both. I don't work in legal but I see them going at it from time to time when patent stuff comes up. There is definitely 'the filing cabinet' (mor
by eblume 14y ago
It's a bit of both. I don't work in legal but I see them going at it from time to time when patent stuff comes up. There is definitely 'the filing cabinet' (more like a room) and it contains one of several copies of the important documents - but the lawyers are the interface to those documents.
Sometimes I can't help but feel that most lawyers do not much more than present an obfuscation layer around standard forms.
- rollypolly 14y agoSometimes I can't help but feel that most lawyers do not much more than present an obfuscation layer around standard forms. I bet non-technical people also have that feeling about engineers. "It took you a second to change the behavior of this. You're obviously not working very hard." ..when in reality, it took a lot of effort to make a system flexible enough to adapt its behavior quickly to changes in requirements. ...but I'm getting off topic now. :)
- eblume 14y agoNo, it's a great point, and one well taken.
- fleitz 14y agoGreat point, my lawyer has saved me much more than she costs because she alerts me to things I had no idea I was even doing incorrectly. Things like an audit waiver so I don't have to pay an auditor to audit my own companies' finances. Its not about how much a lawyer costs, its about how much they make you.