Twitter is preparing for a series of legal battles over missed payments

SpaceX investors paying for SpaceX lawyers doing work for Twitter hilarious

You can hire lawyers by the hour, or by the year as regular employees. The fully loaded cost of an expensive employee isn't much compared to the rent for a large company's headquarters.

If you're short of money and and your focus is on surviving the next few months, you can use the employee to delay payment.

I imagine not in this case!