[lbo-talk] Punitives and Attorney Pay

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You're averaging data from people at high powered
firms and from big schools who earn big money and the
rest of lawyers, who do not. I'd be surprised if most
my Ohio State classmateswere making more than $65K. 
Btw, a starting Public Defender or Asst State's Atty
in Chicago makes around $30K, how do you like them
apples? The ACLU pays more. It pays more to be a
public school teacher in a poor district. 

Anyway, even if most lawyers made $200,000 a year,
they are still going be less likely to take
contingency lawsuits most of which they are going to
lose anyway if they are limited to fees and 1/3 of
compensatory damages. Before you advocate
deprivatizing punitives, just bear that in mind.

--- info at pulpculture.org wrote:


> 
> 
> I could care less about making money, but the notion
> that most attorneys 
> making $65k is inaccurate:
> 
> Among the 22 major occupational groups, men earned
> the most in legal 
> occupations, such as lawyers, judges and law clerks
> (more than $100,000). 
> Among women, those in computer and mathematical
> occupations had the highest 
> median earnings ($56,585).
> 
>
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/005647.html
> 
> This is older, 1999 data below:
> 
> LEGAL OCCUPATIONS
> 
> Lawyers  $82,137
> Judges, Magistrates, and Other Judicial Workers 
> $71,415
> Paralegals and Legal Assistants  $33,380
> Miscellaneous Legal Support Workers   $32,827
> 
> 
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