Too many punchlines, I know...
But the one that comes to mind in particular right now, as I sit in my brand new office (thank you very much) and write a joint application for preliminary approval of class action settlement is that lawyers shouldn't "reinvent the wheel," as my mentor once put it. If a great lawyer did this kind of motion before you, and was willing to share it as an example, why the hell would you otherwise try to do one from scratch? To bill a client more money? Not me, brother. Not my style. And I believe it to be unethical and in direct contradiction to the interests of your client.
On the other hand, doctors SHOULD "reinvent the wheel." They should look at each patient anew, not being prejudiced by another doctor's thoughts and opinions. My idiot eye doctor should have made an independent judgment about me, not just signed off that someone else made the right call (and that it was up to her to explain to me what that call meant). Maybe this is why they hate doctors so much. We hold their feet to the fire in lawsuits. We hold them accountable for jumping not even to their own conclusions, but someone else's that they probably don't even know, have never even met, and whose credentials and/or training they've never explored.
The primary difference? Maybe it's just that our malpractice premiums are lower than theirs. Who knows?
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