After the plague, cholera. 2020 is a dark year for lawyers. The strike of the profession during the first quarter then the coronavirus crisis will lead to the disappearance of the most fragile structures, those of many lawyers practicing on an individual basis, whose income is below 60,000 euros per year, linked to the activity courts and dependent on legal aid. Even if only in Paris, the profession fears the disappearance of 20 to 30% of the 10,000 law firms that meet this profile, that is to say 3000 of them. Especially since a normal resumption of jurisdictional activity is not envisaged before September. " Some will die on paper because they are used to being paid in cash, " says a good connoisseur of the industry.
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It prevents. Over one year, many of these small structures have experienced a drop in income of between 50 and 70%. A difficult slope to climb because they have very little cash,
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