Houston Criminal Defense Attorney Mark Bennett has a recent blog entry describing they dynamics of high versus low-volume practice that I want to preserve here because I couldn't have put it better myself:

I charge bigger fees . . . so I can take fewer cases . . . so I can give each case more attention . . . so I can get better results . . . so I can charge bigger fees . . . so I can take fewer cases . . .

I charge smaller fees . . . so I have to take more cases . . . so I have to give each case less attention . . . so I get worse results . . . so I have to charge smaller fees . . .

Criminal defense lawyers: which gerbil wheel would you rather be on?