There was a town in the U.S. with only one lawyer who was poor. Another lawyer moved into the town. Now both lawyers are rich.
Jokes, puns, and parodies about lawyers are plentiful. Perhaps that is because there are plenty of lawyers in America to tease. Per the American Bar Association’s National Population Survey, there were 1.35 million active lawyers in the U.S. beginning 2019, up 14.5% over the last decade. The U.S.’s labor force participation in February 2020 was 164.6 million. Run the numbers. For about every 122 Americans available for work, there is one active lawyer. The ratio of available workers to active lawyers in New York is about 50:1.