Too many lawyers for our own good

The other day, a friend who is a doctor was telling me about the incredibly high insurance rates he is forced to pay to keep his practice open.

Later that day, I ran into some of the gentlemen who run the sports leagues my kids are involved in.

We discussed the fact that everything was going up in price to cover the by far biggest expense associated with these activities: insurance policies.

I walked away from both the conversations saying "There are just too many lawyers in the world."

At that point it dawned on me that I say this, or something very similar, about once a week.

Maybe it is the story about the women who tripped over a kid in a furniture store and sued the store for not doing a better job controlling kids in their facility. Perhaps it was the lawsuit brought by a Thanksgiving dinner guest who sued her host for burning her mouth with gravy she felt was too hot.

Years ago, I was involved with a young lady who was going through law school. The biggest problem that came about around graduation time was there just weren't enough jobs for the huge number of young people becoming lawyers. I guess if there aren't enough legitimate jobs, the remainder of these highly qualified lawyers have to make a living some way or another.

Be patient, young attorneys, sooner or later someone will trip and fall over nothing and you can sue their parents for not providing them with enough coordination genes.

Marc Thomsen

Elk Grove Village