When a physician loses a case its due to malpractice and the family goes and finds a shyster lawyer to sue the doctor. Why is it when a lawyer loses a case its not considered malpractice or incompetence? I see a different standard from the law profession.
Well, I suppose that would be because in a legal case someone always HAS to lose. It's unavoidable. You've also got to consider that a lawyer is working with jurors who are sometimes irrational. Add to that the fact that most of the "good" cases are settled out of court. The iffy cases tend to go to trial.
It'd be rather like suing an oncologist every time he lost a patient. Sometimes there just isn't a lot that they can do, but they give it a shot anyway.