re: Could most legal cases be solved without a lawyer?

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If someone gets a 1st time DWI, there's pretty standard rules set in laws that if it's between x BAC and y BAC, the punishment is this, or a bar fight simply battery, it's x and y. I don't see why lawyers are needed for these types of cases.

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Many times in standard cases, a lawyer isn't going to make that much of a difference. I tell people who hire me for these cases just this. Sometimes they just want to make sure there aren't any angles. Sometimes they want to go to trial.

Criminal law is easy stuff, though.

Family law is easy stuff, too.

Try complex litigation or super specialized fields and most lawyers can't even do those.