Michael Lewis’s influential book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game has spawned a hit movie and launched a statistical revolution that has forever changed the way people analyze sports. Before that, however, it was a blueprint for the financially disadvantaged Oakland Athletics to compete with their rich counterparts.
By utilizing many of the same techniques the Athletics did, lawyers from small firms and even solo practices can get similar results as their big-budget rivals at a fraction...