Attorney fees at our law firm are based on a contingent fee agreement. This means that our attorney fees are a percentage of the money we recover for you. No recovery means no attorney fees. Contingency fee agreements must be in writing.  No matter how much you trust your new lawyer be sure to carefully read any fee agreement put in front of you.  Ask questions.  It's the smart thing to do.

Case costs are different than attorney fees. Case costs are expenses incurred in the handling of your case. For example, an injury case needs medical records.  We order the medical records, review them, and use them as part of your case; we do not charge for that.  The doctor however charges for a copy of the records, that charge is a case cost. The client is responsible to eventually pay this cost.

Some lawyers want you to pay costs in advance, and some  will advance costs until the end of the case when money is awarded. Some cases need clients to pay costs as the case proceeds. In other cases the lawyer can advance these costs and is later repaid. In our firm, we are sucessful recovering money for the client, in almost every case. If we advance costs for our clients, we are repaid from out of the money we make L&I pay you.

If you hire a lawyer, the fee agreement presented to you will provide the specifics about attorney fees and case costs. Read it with care. Ask questions. Know your rights.

Referrals. We make referrals to other attorneys. For some referrals we remain involved and are paid a referral fee by the attorney to whom we send you. This referral fee is paid by the attorney from his share of the attorney fees he earns. This referral will not increase your attorney fees. Your acceptance of this referral allows us to do this for you.

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