Of course there is an immense amount of litigation going on and a great deal of the time of many lawyers is devoted to litigation. But by far the greater part of the work done by lawyers is not done in court at all, but in advising men in important matters, and mainly in business affairs….So, some of the ablest American lawyers of this generation, after acting as professional advisers of great corporations, became finally their managers.

Brandeis, Louis. The Opportunity in the Law, Harvard University Press (1911)