Years ago on Cape Cod, my kids and I stumbled across a man who had spent the day creating a sand sculpture of a mermaid. It was an impressive piece of art. “How long did it take you to make it? ” we asked. While I can’t recall his precise words, the response was something like “25 years and 7 hours”. I’m sure my astute readers will get his point. We are transfixed now watching Olympic athletes performing in Rio. So much depends upon their brief routines which can last seconds to a few minutes. While a diver’s acrobatic plunge may take 2 seconds, it would not be fair to leave aside the years of work and training that prepared the athlete for this moment. The same point can be made for anyone who has worked and trained hard to reach a point where the action performed seems easy to a spectator or a customer. If an attorney prepares estate documents, we can assume that the fee for this reflects the prior training and research that the lawyer has done on this issue, as it
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