Attorney

I remember a professor in law school explaining that “lawyers are the grease monkeys of the economy.”  What he meant was that the primary function of lawyers is to insure that the everyday business of life runs smoothly and in conformity with the laws of the land.  That notion may sound far different from the way lawyers are typically portrayed in American culture.  Lawyers are often portrayed as trouble makers who cause problems and unnecessarily complicate things.  For instance, we often hear...