Why Is It?

Why is it  - that it seems the reportedly 93,895 lawyers in Florida all appear to advertise on my TV?  Who has that kind of money?

I have interacted with both defense and plaintiff attorneys for about 35 years and found most of them to be honest. For those who might disagree, "being clever does not necessarily mean you're also dishonest".We need attorneys. Maybe just not 94,000.

This blog is just pleading for a more level playing field in this protractive attorney/insurance company debacle and is partially based upon a feeling that the  media - for years and years - have pretty much given the lawyers a free pass as to accuracy in their television ads.

Wouldn't you like to turn on the "6'clock News"and see an Investigative Report on attorney fees, legal conflict of interest, disbarment statistics, misleading ads, ambulance chasers, runners - rules for contacting the parties involved - and the bottom line net recovery by the victim?

When will our curiosity to determine the net recovery of Lottery winners include a similar desire to know the net recovery in a big legal settlement in the papers? The media answers questions only about the first.

The legal ads portray the attorneys as modern day "Robin Hoods"  - taking from "the rich insurance companies" to give to "the poor." Any day now, I expect to see two really overexposed legal "hams" adorn themselves with bows, arrows,  feathered hats, and pointed shoes.

That "Robin Hood" comparison might be accurate assuming "Robin and His Hoods" kept 33 1/3 to 40% of their take from King John.

Are all the insurance companies guilty of nefarious claim practices as the attorney ads would seem to imply?"  If not, what percentage are good insurance companies -  or do attorneys see that as an oxymoron?

Look! I'm all for cleaning up the unfair claim practices of any suspect insurer
and my insurance background/ethics involvement will attest to this.

However, I'm just not supportive of placing by inference "all insurers" in this same "bad egg" basket, as so many of the law firms continue to do in what I see as "misleading'' advertisements.

Why is it - I believe we continue to be deluged with these ads without our truly good investigative reporters and/or legislators taking a good look at the accuracy of those ads? Maybe I just missed them.

 Why is it - I'm starting to believe the alleged silence is simply because it's not just the military who enjoy membership in the "Good Old Boys" club?