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Life in the USA Government and Law Lawyers and Litigation
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Finding a Lawyer
If you have a legal problem, let's say, a matter of interpreting a contract, you can't just go to a library and "look up" the law. You will have to hire a lawyer. Where shall you look for one? Well, don't despair. You don't have to go far in America to find a lawyer. If you live in California, for instance, one out of every 322 people is a lawyer. In Colorado, the ratio is one out of every 287; in New York State, one out of every 244. If you find this ratio too large, then move to Washington, D.C., the nation's capital. One out of every 22 Washingtonians is a lawyer. The majority of legislators at all levels in America are lawyers. More than half of all American Presidents have been lawyers.
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