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I Want To Hire A Personal Injury Attorney. What Are The Fees? How Does It Work?

Name: I Want To Hire A Personal Injury Attorney. What Are The Fees? How Does It Work?
Uploaded: 2024-01-13T11:13:22Z
Channel: Andrew Dósa
Description: How do personal-injury attorney fees work? On contingency, not hourly, explains Oakland attorney Andrew Dósa—his fee is a share of whatever recovery the client agrees to accept. Typically it's one-third if the case resolves before litigation, around 40% after mediation or arbitration, and as much as 45–50% if it goes to trial, depending on the contract.

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How do personal-injury attorney fees work? On contingency, not hourly, explains Oakland attorney Andrew Dósa—his fee is a share of whatever recovery the client agrees to accept. Typically it's one-third if the case resolves before litigation, around 40% after mediation or arbitration, and as much as 45–50% if it goes to trial, depending on the contract.

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Answered by Andrew Dósa · Oakland, CA

Highlights

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— why you can afford him: the fee comes out of the recovery

1:36

— how the contingency share rises as a case moves toward trial

Frequently Asked Questions

How do personal-injury fees work?

On contingency, not hourly—his fee is a share of whatever recovery the client agrees to accept, so you can afford him because the fee comes out of the recovery.

Does the fee change as the case progresses?

Yes—typically one-third if it resolves before litigation, around 40% after mediation or arbitration, and as much as 45 to 50% if it goes to trial, depending on the contract.

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