50% of all marriages end in divorce,…..do the math,…..

No, that is not true. Being a laywer — like most professionals — is being a business. Some lawyers make a lot of money, some don’t. It depends on their MARKETING ABILITY, and ability to create a reputation that allows them to charge a lot of money. A lawyer’s fee really has almost NOTHING to do with the lawyer’s skill or competence, because clients really have no way of knowing if the lawyer is doing a good job or not. There are so many reasons for winning or losing other than the attorney’s skill that the client really cannot know for certain.

So whether a lawyer makes a lot of money really depends upon their MARKETING skill (not legal skill) and their ability to persuade people that they are worth a lot of money.

This really has nothing to do with what KIND of lawyer one is. DIvorce lawyers can make a lot of money, or can be almost broke. It really depends on whether they attract clients that have money and are wiling to spend it.

As one who has been married and divorced, more than once, I can tell you that the “hate”, spite, and anger between two individuals will drive them to spend more money to “get back at” another than you can believe, and, coupled with how many divorces there are, and how easy they are to initiate, it’s no wonder a divorce lawyer makes so much money. The old movie “The War of the Roses” will show you, with incredible truth, how this happens. Hopefully you will help drive those numbers down. God Bless you.

Legal fees especially from the Rich.

Nobody has mentioned overhead yet. The lawyer has an office to pay for, secretaries to pay and any other costs that go with running a business. Plus he probably is paying off the 8 years of college. lol