My good friend is now studying at 1L (first year of doctor of law) in American law school. Their courses include civil litigation and criminal litigation, that is, civil litigation and criminal litigation.
I try to be vivid:
Economic cases are civil, and everything that is not criminal is civil. But American lawyers don't talk about economic cases because the concept is too vague. I don't know what you mean, chattel, real estate, intellectual property, product liability, tax, company operation, securities. The layman will say, well, isn't that the same? In China law, it may not be so detailed, but in American law, it is absolutely different to solve it, just like pediatrics and gynecology in hospitals. )
Now suppose my classmate is the product liability agent. He will first send a legal letter to the defendant or notify the defendant's lawyer, and then go to the Lexis legal database to find information. If there is a similar case, and the principles of past cases are also applicable to this case, it is not necessary to go to court, because even if it goes to court, the judge will decide according to the precedent. Lawyers will not waste the time of the next business for this expected result, but if any party points out that the precedent is not applicable to this case and can produce evidence to prove it, it may go to court.
In addition, you can't go to court, and the region is very particular. Like my classmates in new york, people are pressed for time, so they can go to court or not. However, in Texas, people especially like to go to court. It turns out that people in many rural areas like to squeeze into the stadium to watch white plays. After a long time, ordinary people decided to go to court. If your lawyer refuses him, he thinks you are cheating, so lawyers there often overcharge and try to appear in court for lawsuits that don't appear in court.