Our business model is to only accept a case if we are fully prepared to sue it out and go to trial. Accordingly, we are very selective about the cases
we take on. This means that even if we think there’s a good chance that the person or entity who caused you to suffer harm will settle early to avoid
the expense or publicity of a lawsuit, you won’t become our client unless we truly believe your case has merit and you should win at trial.
Fees
Yes. Please use our contact form to request a free case evaluation. Tell us your story, and one of our lawyers will
respond to tell you if we think we can help.
We work almost all of our cases under contingent fee arrangements. If we take your case under a contingent fee
arrangement, you won’t owe our firm any legal fees unless we are able to recover money for you.
Our contingent fee is either based on a percentage of the amount we recover for our client (which generally ranges
from one-third of the recovery up to 40%) or the amount of work we perform on your case, multiplied by our current
hourly rates. The percentage we will charge in your case depends on the type of case, when your case resolves,
and whether you request us to advance litigation costs (including filing fees, postage, expert witness fees, etc.).
Generally, the percentage is higher if we are advancing litigation costs and your case does not resolve early.
Yes. But we understand that many of the people who reach out to us can’t afford to pay the exorbitant hourly fees
the other side is paying its legal team, and we don’t want people’s inability to pay to be a barrier to access to justice.
Additionally, most of the laws we sue under have fee-shifting provisions, which means the person or entity who
caused you to suffer harm has to pay your attorney fees if you win your case in court. These provisions somewhat
temper the inherent risk of contingent fee arrangements.
No. Several factors–including your litigation goals, the type of case, and the strength of your case–may dissuade
us from offering a contingent fee. In such cases we may offer to work with you under a reasonable hourly, flat, or
hybrid fee arrangement.
Not necessarily. If we take your case under a contingent fee arrangement, you won’t owe us any legal fees unless
we recover money for you. But if you lose your case the Court may order you to pay the other side’s litigation costs
and, in rare cases, attorney fees.
Yes. We will reduce our contingent fee by five percent to active servicemen and servicewomen, war veterans, and
their spouses. Thank you for your service to your country.