[lbo-talk] Punitives and Attorney Pay

[Steven L. Robinson]

Years ago, in the 1990s, I recall seeing statistics about the average wages of lawyers in the State of California. I was shocked  - it was way less than 30 k. The explanation being that many lawyers in this state don't work as lawyers or only do so part time. In California, at 

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From: andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> 


> 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: 
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