LIforrelaxin - I totally agree with you!!! I may add that with the number of lawyers in our country there is no way to curb the waste of money in non-productive litigation and legislation that we endure. There is one lawyer for every 265 people.
When needed a good lawyer is worth their weight.
The number of lawyers in the US is more than 1.1 million while the number of physicians is listed as 730 thousand.
Among the Top 8 "lawyerly countries" listed below, the US has about 50% of the lawyers, with 37 percent of the population of this group.
US: Lawyers: 1,143,358 Pop: 303MM P/L:265
Brazil: Lawyers: 571,360 Pop: 186MM P/L: 326
New Zealand: Lawyers: 10,523 Pop: 4MM P/L 391
Spain Lawyers:114,143 Pop: 45MM P/L:395
Italy Lawyers:121,380 Pop: 59MM P/L:488
UK Lawyers:151,043 Pop: 61MM P/L401
Germany Lawyers:138,679 Pop: 82MM P/L: 593
France Lawyers:45,686 Pop: 64MM P/L: 1,403
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