Hiring a lawyer is like buying insurance for your legal needs. If you hire a lawyer, you get to sue the lawyer for malpractice if they mess up (which means you

Hiring a lawyer is like buying insurance for your legal needs. If you hire a lawyer, you get to sue the lawyer for malpractice if they mess up (which means your damages incurred as a result of the malpractice, plus legal fees paid, plus legal expenses paid to maintain the malpractice suit).