Ambulance chasers get a bad rap, but I don’t know about calling a man “lower tier” when he clearly has more resources than you.
Jacob Emrani would also like a word (although I will say that I have had the unfortunate occasion of meeting him and he is a complete jerk).
(Also See Celino and Barnes [RIP] they made more money as personal injury attorneys than two-bit will ever see in 5 lifetimes). But let Two-Bit Law Cat tell it and it’s “lower tier” ...as he sits in his Mar Vista studio apartment.
The personal injury guys that you see advertising on TV aren’t of the white shoe firm variety, but they have almost always won huge settlements for their clients and build their businesses by putting that money into advertising. Its a smart business move. Conventional attitudes towards PI attorneys usually amount to the critics being broke and jealous, although they'd never admit it.