I worked for a civil rts firm that operated on a contingency fee basis. I made a tiny fraction of what I would have in Biglaw The Biglaw disdain for pls' attys-& claiming its just about $-is IMO just a way to avoid facing the moral bankruptcy of the work they do repping bigots & the JE's of the wrld
Katie Eyer
Not the main point, but this is a real window into the elite law bias against contingency fees, which is the only way most non-rich people can get lawyers in civil matters. Particularly galling from Ruemmler, who decided the best thing to do after serving in the White House was to sell out
