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Are There Any Extra Expenses Or Fees Involved In My Personal Injury Lawsuit? Who Pays Them?

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Beyond the contingency fee, a personal injury case carries separate costs, Oakland attorney Andrew Dósa explains—court filing fees, court-reporter charges for depositions, and record-copying fees, which can each run a few hundred dollars. He advances these costs for clients and is reimbursed from the settlement, taking his fee and the costs at the end.

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Answered by Andrew Dósa · Oakland, CA

Highlights

0:56

— the document and settlement-demand costs a case runs up

2:01

— how the attorney advances costs and recovers them at settlement

Frequently Asked Questions

What extra costs does an injury case have?

Beyond the contingency fee, there are court filing fees, court-reporter charges for depositions, and record-copying fees, which can each run a few hundred dollars.

Who pays those costs up front?

The attorney advances them and is reimbursed from the settlement, taking his fee and the costs at the end.

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