[esquirette]

They could be hired. Intellectual property is big stuff.

[Cboldt]

Ahhh, I see what you were thinking. The hit men had no direct interest in the IP.

Still, the lawyers aren't the ones making the really big bucks. They just make the arguments. The inventors and property owners are the ones that either get fleeced or make it big.

I would think that family lawyers have way more risk of a retaliatory attack, compared with the risk (due to their practice) that an IP lawyer has.