Trial Lawyers Are America's Small Businesses
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Business groups often claim that trial lawyers are a threat to small businesses. The truth is that most trial lawyers are small businesses. Here are the facts: The Small Business Administration defines a small business as "one that is independently owned and operated and which is not dominant in its field of operation."1
Trial lawyers hardly dominate the profession economically, either.
Since small businesses represent 40 percent of the U.S. Gross Domestic product and 98 percent of the new businesses in America,5 ATLA members not only represent small business, they support the American economy and help it flourish.
Endnotes
Republished with permission of the Associationof Trial Lawyers of America.
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