This kind of post hoc analysis may be useful for folks who didn't know or realize what kind of firm it was that they retained in the first place when the matter

This kind of post hoc analysis may be useful for folks who didn't know or realize what kind of firm it was that they retained in the first place when the matter began, and so are, if not objectively, at least subjectively "entrenched" with that firm. There is probably a point where such analysis costs more than the cost of switching to a firm that can be trusted.