I'd say it would be tough for a lawyer to take on such a risk. And yes there is risk involved. Years ago someone not happy with a bad review on beyond asked a lawyer friend to do the same thing trying to get a bad review removed off here. I just send those to our lawyer, and turns out the lawyer friend that wrote this letter worked with me on something completely separate at Replicon so there was a conflict. My lawyer responded and cc'd others at the firm which got some visibility, and turns out this guy just wrote it on company letterhead as a favour on the cheap and down low. The guy got fired.
I don't think any lawyer would do that without reviewing and actually charging real hours?
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shakalaka
can probably shed more light on it.
That said, Sean Banerjee got a ton of big name lawyers to write tons of letters without paying a single dollar, so anything is possible.