Statistics

Here are 12 compelling facts from Bitter Lawyer.  We leave the opinions up to you.

$182,500

Amount a Houston lawyer lost to a Nigerian email phishing scam according to Texas Lawyer.

10

Number of unanimous Supreme Court opinions issued so far this term according to Legal Times.

$34,664

Median salary for U.S. paralegals with less than one year of experience according to PayScale.com.

$15,000

The first-year salary at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in 1968 according to The New York Times.

$70,000

Average first-year associate salary for the top 20 New York City law firms in 1988 according to The New York Times.

1

Number of partners at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher who graduated from Southwestern Law School.

$42 million

Award amount upheld by a California appellate court for two men who claimed Taco Bell’s “Yo Quero” Chihuahua campaign infringed on their idea according to The Los Angeles Times.

1,791

Amount of times the term “pay freeze” appeared in major media outlets between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26 according to Google News.

$1 million

Approximate amount CNN host Larry King allegedly lost in the Bernie Madoff scandal according to FoxNews.com.

$1.5 billion

Estimated net worth of trial lawyer Joseph Jamail according to Forbes.

16

Number of years Paul Tagliabue, the only lawyer to hold the title of NFL Commissioner, was in charge.

7.5 Million

Approximate number of visitors to the prisoner dating website Meet-An-Inmate.com since it launched in 1998.

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