My cost of a knowledge worker is based out of Ames, IA. Not precisely a hotbed of 200,000 salaries. But it is indicative of a professional and the indirect costs associated with employing them (payroll taxes, health benefits, bonuses, etc).

It's 7 years, and a minimum of 3 in-person court visits, plus any number of briefs, letters, preparation, and communicating with the plaintiffs (only some of this work is done by the paralegals; all the paralegal's work still goes through a lawyer). Perhaps you can be a bit more explicit in how you think all that effort wouldn't cost the firm millions of dollars?