From having been lawyer-adjacent, I have one thing to contribute:

Lawyers are pathologically risk-adverse

I use that adjective deliberately. Their favorite phrase is "out of an abundance of caution" which means "I can't think of any reason why I must do this, so I won't."

Cynicism. But to go out on a limb and get your ass kicked by his high-priced lawyers could be career-ending for them. Or rather, their career would become "chasing ambulances."