I feel i got a very good case and i guess i want to feel validated about the lawyer i choose. he quickly took on my case with the contigency factor of 33.3%. i don't want to waste time on this. i want to feel like the person i choose is truly working hard on my case. and i just feel like if they are working for practically free (unless the lawsuit goes in our favor), than that person won't work as hard. I don't want to feel like i have to keep checking up on the case week after week to make sure that everything is rolling on point. should i be concerned?
2006-09-27 02:37:48 · 10 answers · asked by wantingtoknow 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
33 1/3 % is the standard fee. I've never heard of a different rate. These cases require incredible amounts of time on the firm's part, time that they have to pay very expensive employees for. If you lose, they lose all the time and money invested in your case. They won't gamble on a case that doesn't have either a very good chance of winning something or a fair chance of winning a very large amount.
Malpractice cases are difficult to prosecute and require a lot of documentation. This means A. your firm will spend a lot of time on your case and B. there will probably be a lot of extra expenses for medical experts, etc., which are ridiculously expensive. But you don't need to worry about those costs until and unless you win, in which case they will be deducted from the amount you get. Also, keep in mind that "losing" may simply mean getting a small settlement that barely covers expenses and maybe leaves a little your pocket. Good luck on your case!
2006-09-28 07:37:33 · answer #1 · answered by brightnbewildered 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No lawyer will take a case on a contingency fee unless the lawyer has a strong feeling that the case will either be won in court or settled for a substantial sum - otherwise it isn't worth the trouble.
Depending on the dollar value and strength of the case, there is great competition among attorneys for contingent fee cases, because good ones can be quite profitable for the attorney.
2006-09-27 05:26:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are an incredible style of Social safe practices circumstances dealt with by regulation companies that merely artwork on a contingency foundation. for sure additionally they merely artwork on your case if it it clean that they are going to win. In my case I signed had filed for Social safe practices and changed into denied, they do it quite a lot straight away away. when I appealed i stumbled on a lawyer out of the phone e book who may do it for me. I signed a range that ought to pay the regulation agency area of my winnings as a lot as a $4,000 reduce. After he gained the case I were given my funds and some lower back pay from Social safe practices, although the lawyer were given paid first, and that i in no way talked about that funds. I had agreed to it and without the lawyer i does no longer have gained my case so i'm satisfied with the way it grew to change into out. This merely illustrates the point that legal experts are out to make a income and in the adventure that they take a case then they are going to it to make a income. legal experts take an incredible style of coverage circumstances on contingency bases; additionally they manage an incredible style of proceedings this way. once you imagine about that is continuously a reliable deal for society. lots of the customers can not oftentimes have sufficient money a lawyer and if the lawyer works on a contingency foundation then they characterize those who may oftentimes no longer be represented. even as a lawyer handles a criminal case often times they do the artwork "professional bono," for loose. in a good number of circumstances that's an party of a lawyer attempting to provide lower back to the community, yet from time to time they do it for a extreme profile case to get the publicity, which promotes their amenities and that may generate better customers.
2016-12-02 04:08:36 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
remember that 33.3% is in fees only, there are other administrative costs which will be added. also a lawyer just hears the case, the paraleagals do all the work so if you want to check up on your caseand it's progress get friendly with the paralegal who is working on your case. check on your case every 2 weeks.
2006-09-27 02:50:19 · answer #4 · answered by milton b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either he feels he can win the case or he feels he can get a healthy settlement without having to try the case. Either way, he gets nothing unless you do and he would not take it on if he expected that to be the end result. 33% iof nothing is nothing.
2006-09-27 02:48:42 · answer #5 · answered by Robert P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course he thinks he'll win. Otherwise he wouldn't do it that way, he'd ask for some kind of payment. And, I'd have to say he'd work harder since he'll only get paid if he actually wins the case, I think you should feel confident at least that he's working hard on your case.
2006-09-27 02:46:26 · answer #6 · answered by evillyn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. there is no point for a lawyer to takke on a case if it wouldnt have a chance of winning. they most likely would only take it if it had a good chance at winning otherwise they wouldnt waste their time
2015-04-12 04:57:59 · answer #7 · answered by amy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
33 1/3% is a great rate. He is taking all the financial risks. If he loses, he gets nothing.
2006-09-27 02:44:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just keep in touch with him so your file doesn't get shuffled to the bottom of the pile
2006-09-27 02:45:54 · answer #9 · answered by Robert 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pro bono,thats the way it works,its all about money
2006-09-27 02:41:12 · answer #10 · answered by john doe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋