This reminds me of a murder case a few months ago where someone walked up to a lawyer in the Trenton area, shot him in the head, and walked away. I don’t know if he was ever caught, but I remember the people on the local news wringing their hands and exclaiming, “what could have caused someone to do that to him? It doesn’t make any sense!”
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. “Doesn’t make any sense?” They’re kidding, right? Was he one of those “parasite” lawyers? The amoral ones who would sell their own mother to a slaver in the darkest pit in Africa for a percentage? The ones who would bankrupt and destroy a family so they could make their Lexus payments? Was he one of *those* lawyers? I have no idea, but it seems like you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting one.
Of course it made sense — or, to be precise, it could have made sense, with the right lawyer and the right victim.
I think the other dimension that lawyers and corporations have not factored into their thinking yet, is during a severe economic downturn, people losing jobs, their retirement and eventually their homes should not be screwed with lightly. When people lose everything, they will lose it.