On: Georgia teacher read the fine print and won $13K (...

[danuker]

> but of course it's a mistake not to rack up billable hours ;)

Doesn't making a contract shorter rather than longer imply significant rewriting?

“Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.” — Henry David Thoreau

[dqv → danuker]

That's true. I wouldn't mind paying a lawyer more to write less. I imagine the question of "why am I paying so much when you did so little" comes up a lot of the contract the lawyer produces isn't long.