FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Many personal injury lawyers, including our firm, work on a contingency fee basis when it comes to charging for their services. What this means is that the fee for legal services is “contingent” or dependent upon a successful outcome. If a recovery is not obtained for the client’s injuries, the client does not have to pay for the lawyer’s services, regardless of how much time the lawyer may have spent working on the case. If a recovery is obtained for the client, the lawyer’s fee will be a percentage of that recovery. The amount of the percentage often varies depending on the practice area of the case, as different types of cases have different levels of required investment and risk. For example, a complex malpractice case will have a higher percentage contingency fee than an auto accident case due to the higher case costs and greater degree of risk of losing at trial.