I can relate. Last year's tax return put income at around $600K. So I'm not poor. I have found it very difficult to find a lawyer who is actually interested in getting to a solution rather than dragging it out forever.

Here is the cost of filing an agreement negotiated between me and a counter party: $5K.

$5K for you to call someone and send over some paperwork. Sure, i can do the work myself but I could do it wrong, and judges don't like that. In fact, a judge initially rejected it until we had a lawyer.

Can I even get someone on retainer? No. Because the retainer is used up in the first phone call. Useless waste of money.

In my mind, lawyers have gone from people who used to be the bedrock against tyranny and are now rent seekers.

Unbundled services are a step forward, but then you lose the benefit of context.