As the sibling comment points out, it's not like you can hire any lawyer off Craigslist and expect to be bulletproof.
Lawyers can be an expensive rubber stamp on a deal that is absolutely not in your interest or be a chaos agent that makes you impossible to do business with. They can also make executing complex deals very simple (for you) or ward off sophisticated scammers. At least in my experience, it can be very hard to know which is which before it's too late.
My company has spent six figures with two different blue chip startup law firms. Our board specified the firms. Those in the VC scene would recognize them. The quality of the work has varied from "decent if eye wateringly expensive" to "subpar", seemingly dependent on the associate that worked on it and if there was any other industry-wide phenomena occupying the firm's attention.
I'd still suggest a lawyer for sure, but I wish I had counsel I liked.
There are lots of counterfeit motorcycle helmets. Sometimes it's hard to figure out what's a good helmet and a bad helmet.
Despite this, throwing up your hands and saying "I don't know how to find a good helmet, I don't want to waste my money on a bad one, I'm just gonna ride my motorcycle without one" is ill advised.
Lawyers can be an expensive rubber stamp on a deal that is absolutely not in your interest or be a chaos agent that makes you impossible to do business with. They can also make executing complex deals very simple (for you) or ward off sophisticated scammers. At least in my experience, it can be very hard to know which is which before it's too late.