Something else you might point out is the rule of “loser pays”, which is gaining quite a bit of steam. This plays largely into your last point about how a bigger defendant will attract bigger lawyers to your side.
That’s not a small point. Your opponent’s entire argument is that the big company will be able to afford a bigger legal team. But the very fact that they are big enough to afford that team means that there is that much more interest for other lawyers in taking your case. And yes, you’re right…many times they have taken the case of a single no-name individual essentially on just an agreement for pieces of the payout. If he wishes to argue this, ask him to explain how any lawsuit against a big company (including class action suits) gets won by the plaintiff. (Sure plenty of them are settled, but again, that by definition means the plaintiff is essentially satisfied).
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