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Because employment cases, especially in a federal court, are much more labor intensive than personal injury cases. For example, a typical personal injury lawyer might have 200-300 open cases at one time. A typical plaintiff’s employment lawyer can handle only about 25-35 cases at one time. Employment lawyers usually work in federal court where deadlines are much shorter, and employment cases tend to be much more “unique” than personal injury cases, where the law is well-settled, requiring lengthier depositions, individualized written discovery and briefs, etc.
