The legal field somedays seems to be teeming with scumbags. On other days, there are snakes. Still other days there are rats.
Fewer days are filled with good people.
And at the end of the day you are going to want someone you can trust as your counsel. I have seen over and over again counsel  pick fights to their monetary advantage and to their client’s detriment.  Maybe this is more of an issue with the billable hour system; maybe not. Maybe this has something to do with the economy; maybe not. I don’t know. I just know that many times the bark of the attorney is directly correlated with how confidently they overbill you for their services.
Next time don’t hire the scumbag attorney. Hire a reasonable problem solver you can trust. Why?
Because they aren’t just being a scumbag to the other side in your conflict…