It’s Darwinism – Survival of the Fittest
How Markets and Reputations Shape the Ways in Which Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Obtain Clients
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6089786 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Daniel (0000-0002-4605-9732, American Bar Foundation), STEPHEN Daniels (0000-0002-5987-9924), Joanne Martins, Joanne Martin (American Bar Foundation) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 377-399 |
| Publication date | 1999-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9930.00078 |
| OpenAlex | W2142874566 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
The survival of a plaintiffs’ lawyer’s practice depends upon the generation of an ongoing flow of clients with injuries that the civil justice system will compensate adequately. If this requirement is not met, lawyers will leave this aspect of the legal market for more promising ones. If they do, legal services for injured people will be diminished as a result. In order to find out how this personal services legal market is defined and developed, we interviewed ninety‐five plaintiffs’ lawyers in Texas. These lawyers use four major strategies to get clients: client referrals, lawyer referrals, direct marketing, and other referrals. What any particular lawyer does is shaped by the geographic market from which clients are drawn, and by the lawyer’s reputation. Our findings provide fresh insights for the empirical literature on plaintiffs’ lawyers, and they provide an empirical context for assessing the potential impact of changes in the civil justice system, like tort reform, on the ability of plaintiffs’ lawyers to obtain clients
Business · Context (archaeology · Economic Justice · Empirical research · Liability · Order (exchange · Plaintiff · Political science · Reputation · Tort · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2016 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |