[troutman]

Originally Posted by bossy22

I paid less than $5k for my lawyer, but I interviewed 5 lawyers before I picked mine. We had gone through mediation before, and had agreed upon our assets. I then found a lawyer who was willing to just get the rest of the process completed without going after more, which was surprisingly tough. The usual response was, "it's in your best interest if we go over her banking and taxes, etc." When I said, "I don't care, we've come to an agreement, which I feel is fair", most of the lawyers said I'm probably getting screwed. I just said, I know I am, and I accept that. They all seemed to have an agenda to get try to get more money, which means a battle, which in turn can get ugly, and more expensive. I wanted it done, for me and the kids.
My lawyer let me do it my way. She had a more expensive retainer, but in the end, saved me a lot more.

This has more to do with lawyers protecting themselves from negligence claims. They don't want to be sued when the client later regrets not getting as much as they could have.