The politics of Trial lawyers?

Okay, I assume that trial lawyers who represent plaintiffs against large corporations would tend to vote for Democrats. I assume that the trial lawyers who represent insurance companies and hospitals would vote for Republicans?

Is this too simplistic?

Plaintiff lawyers are true Democrats and liberals.

Defendant lawyers are secretly that way, as their jobs depend on it. Think of it, the right is always trying to eliminate the access of the less-than-well-heeled to the courthouse. That would eliminate the lawsuits to defend, putting the defense lawyers out of a job.

Most lawyers are Democrats.

not be in favor of legislation that capped settlements. That would make him a right-winger. It makes his job easier, doesn't it?

.. I have no choice. Same with my hatred of how free trade agreements took our jobs away. Everything is now made in F Communist China, and I don't want to put $ in the pockets of corporations that stole our jobs and took them to Communist China, but what choice do I have? I can't run around naked, can I? I have to wear clothes.

Same with jobs. In order to put food on the table, and clothes on our back, and a roof over our kids' heads, we are more than often forced to do things we simply abhor and disagree with.

Just because someone defends an @-hole, doesn't mean they love that @-hole. It merely means one is doing one's job as a defense attorney.

Believe me, we are all patronizing things we truly hate.

due to caps or any other reason, then the defense atty is not needed either. :)


Though I really don't know how many attys are Dems any more. The practice of law has become so much more like a business rather than a vocation over the last 20 years or so, and I think the politics have changed somewhat as well. Of the attys I know, I'd say it's fairly evely divided these days, unfortunately.

pretty much kept politics out of it. Most lawyers are just doing their job. The advantage to being an insurance defense lawyer is you know you're always going to get paid. If you do plaintiff work, you have to win to collect. Sometimes it's just as pragmatic as that.

I worked for insurance defense lawyers for about 10 years, and at least our office was overwhelmingly Democratic, not just the lawyers, but the staff, as well. We had one rabid Republican secretary who was constantly getting razzed (this was back in the Clinton years).

I also worked for plaintiff lawyers who were also overwhelmingly Democratic.

Maybe I just got lucky.