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10 Interesting Lawyer Facts
From district attorneys to patent lawyers, the professionals who work in the legal field run the gamut. Learn all about them with our fun lawyer facts.
1. In the United States, the job of lawyer ranks #1 among the best social service jobs a person can have.
2. In most class action lawsuits, members of the suing class are only ever issued coupons as a form of recompense, while the lawyers trying the suit are the recipients of the actual money paid out.
3. Reed Morgan, the lawyer who successfully sued McDonald’s on behalf of a client who spilled her coffee on herself in 1994, already had experience in suing companies over spilled hot liquids.
4. In the United States, lawyers are the third-least trusted professionals, trusted by only 18% of the population and ranking only better than lobbyists and business executives.
5. Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo established the first black law firm in South Africa in 1952.
6. While a lawyer, Abraham Lincoln argued one case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court—which he lost.
7. The first lawyers to earn a living by giving legal advice were men within the late Roman Empire.
8. Of the 55 delegates who attended the Constitutional Convention, 35 were lawyers.
9. Some of the America's most frivolous lawsuits include a judge who sued his dry cleaner for $67 million for sending his pants to the wrong location; a man who claimed that Anheuser-Busch's ads misrepresented how attractive he would be if he drank their beer; and a magician who claimed that David Copperfield stole his divine powers.
10. Half of all law school students in the United States are women; more than a fifth identify themselves as belonging to a minority ethnic group.
10 Interesting Lawyer Facts
From district attorneys to patent lawyers, the professionals who work in the legal field run the gamut. Learn all about them with our fun lawyer facts.
1. In the United States, the job of lawyer ranks #1 among the best social service jobs a person can have.
2. In most class action lawsuits, members of the suing class are only ever issued coupons as a form of recompense, while the lawyers trying the suit are the recipients of the actual money paid out.
3. Reed Morgan, the lawyer who successfully sued McDonald’s on behalf of a client who spilled her coffee on herself in 1994, already had experience in suing companies over spilled hot liquids.
4. In the United States, lawyers are the third-least trusted professionals, trusted by only 18% of the population and ranking only better than lobbyists and business executives.
5. Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo established the first black law firm in South Africa in 1952.
6. While a lawyer, Abraham Lincoln argued one case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court—which he lost.
7. The first lawyers to earn a living by giving legal advice were men within the late Roman Empire.
8. Of the 55 delegates who attended the Constitutional Convention, 35 were lawyers.
9. Some of the America's most frivolous lawsuits include a judge who sued his dry cleaner for $67 million for sending his pants to the wrong location; a man who claimed that Anheuser-Busch's ads misrepresented how attractive he would be if he drank their beer; and a magician who claimed that David Copperfield stole his divine powers.
10. Half of all law school students in the United States are women; more than a fifth identify themselves as belonging to a minority ethnic group.
