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My experience with several lawyers matches tptacek's, I've never seen any other kind of lawyer. I think it's something about their professional ethics as they

by DenisM 14y ago

My experience with several lawyers matches tptacek's, I've never seen any other kind of lawyer. I think it's something about their professional ethics as they see it - do everything possible to protect the client, and only pull back when the client makes it clear that business needs overrides legal concerns. Lots of people don't realize that, and that's how some companies, or some part of companies, end up being effectively ran by lawyers.

Silhouette 14y ago
Interesting. Maybe it's a cultural difference? The first time I consulted a law firm properly about setting up contracts for a new company, almost the first thing they said was that they could probably charge me tens of thousands to cover everything they could imagine, but in practice they recommended that I put together a basic contract that covered the essentials and leave the rest until there was enough value in the business and enough danger of losing it to take further steps. I don't think any lawyers I've spoken to since have contradicted that advice, either. On the other hand, I'm in the UK, and our legal system has rather different foundations in some respects, particularly when it comes to being hostile toward fishing expeditions. If the real US business climate is half as litigious as it's reputed to be on this side of the pond, maybe you need lawyers who will default to covering everything from day one.