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Trial Lawyers' Influence

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Trial Lawyers' Influence

About Trial Lawyers' Influence

Personal injury lawsuits and other tort claims represent a $40 billion per year industry built upon the abuse and misuse of America’s legal system by contingency-fee lawyers. While these trial lawyers (or plaintiffs’ lawyers or personal injury lawyers) have long claimed to champion “the little guy,” their injured and uninjured plaintiffs are often drawn into a legal process that primarily just expands trial lawyers’ finances and political power.

Trial Lawyer Earmarks

Plaintiffs’ trial lawyer earmarks to expand lawsuits are choking Congress. ILR tracks and updates these measures on our TrialLawyerEarmarks.com website in order to bring attention to plaintiffs’ trial bar influence in the U.S. Congress.