You always have to consider that things might not be as they appear. Sometimes other consideration takes the place of cash changing hands. For example there was a scandal once that was headlined as " Sums in Lieu of Taxes ". That lawyer might have been working both ends of the deal.

Sometimes a good lawyer cost more than a cheap lawyer because the good lawyer knows who to pay off and how to pay off.

Tax avoidance is involved in a large percentage of the economy.