I welcome reader feedback, including harsh feedback.

Similar to using the term “ambulance chasers” as an insulting way to refer to personal injury lawyers, one reader alleged lawyers have become “estate chasers”.

He was referring to lawyers profiting from legal fights over estates. He said “…it was lawyers (who) told me if the will gets contested, that’s when the lawyers (will) get rich and estate lawyers make big money.”

Trash talking estate litigation lawyers for getting rich off contested estates is like trash talking family lawyers for getting rich off divorces or mechanics for getting rich off broken-down vehicles. It’s not the lawyer’s fault a legal fight ensued. Yes, legal fights can be extremely expensive and I agree, great care should be taken to avoid them, whether the context is estates, family separations, partnerships, contracts or every other context where legal fights arise.

The reader challenged me to write about avoiding........

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