Lawyers Are the Highest Paid Writers You’ve Never Heard Of
Lawyers are some of the highest-paid writers in the world, yet many shy away from writing outside legal briefs. Discover why—and why it’s time to change that.
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Lawyers Are the Highest Paid Writers You’ve Never Heard Of
A Perspective from Strategic Law Command
By Strategic Law Command — the Maverick in Leathers and Law
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We Write Every Day — and We Get Paid Well for It
Here’s a strange truth you might not have thought about: lawyers are some of the highest-paid writers in the country. We write every single day. Motions. Briefs. Cross-examinations. Letters that change the course of people’s lives.
And yet… you almost never hear a lawyer say, “I’m a writer.”
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We Don’t Need Publishers. Maybe That’s What Scares Us.
We’re unique among professional writers. Unlike journalists, novelists, or screenwriters, we don’t need agents or publishing houses. We don’t need to pitch or query. Our audience — judges, opposing counsel, and clients — is guaranteed. Our writing gets read. Sometimes under oath. Sometimes under fire.
But ask lawyers if they write outside the courtroom — for a blog, a book, even a short essay — and you’ll often get hesitation. Not because we don’t have stories. We do. Wild ones. Heartbreaking ones. Sometimes hilarious.
Maybe it’s fear. Maybe it’s the vulnerability that comes with writing something we chose to say, not something we were paid to argue.
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The World Needs Our Voice — Beyond the Brief
We live inside real drama. Real injustice. Real redemption. What we see and know could inform policy, shift public understanding, or simply show people the truth behind the courtroom doors.
We write to persuade courts. But why not the public?
At Strategic Law Command, we’ve decided not to stay silent. Our job is to speak for the voiceless — and sometimes that means telling the story behind the file. We believe in writing with clarity, courage, and maybe even a little humanity.
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Writing Isn’t Just for Court. It’s for Connection.
Good lawyering is good storytelling. The same skills that win a trial — logic, empathy, precision, structure — make for powerful writing outside the courtroom too.
So to our fellow lawyers: don’t be afraid of the blank page.
The world doesn’t just need more legal arguments. It needs more lawyers who write.
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About Strategic Law Command
We are a Sacramento-based criminal defense and family law firm built on courage, clarity, and commitment. Led by seasoned attorneys who have tried everything from misdemeanors to murder cases, we don’t just fight in court — we tell the truth out loud.
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