[thekiptxt]

Thank you!

Honestly this is one of my biggest pet peeves with any “consult a $SPECIALIST” advice. Yes, if my money and time were endless, this is sound advice.

Tangentially, when I express frustration at police incompetence in knowing the law (I live in the US, and many law enforcement officers are under-trained), a common response is “this shouldn’t be an issue as you can follow up in court and get the charges dismissed, or even sue the city”. Again, fair suggestion if I have dozens of hours of time on my hand and thousands in lawyer fees to burn.

[throwaway98797]

plus, you have to trust you judgement that said expert is a good expert and at that point might as well just risk it and go without

all experts are mostly useful after 10k-100k and even then they suck.