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December 13, 2016

A Claim Against Your Own Insurance Company?

...erance for risk, he might counsel a different approach, taking an up-front contingent fee of 8% to 10%. If suit must be filed, you get a credit for fees paid. The lawyer can help you pester, document, argue, and negotiate with the field level adjustor, not a high paid lawyer billing hourly, who has no incentive to make the case go away quickly. The news to your client and the adjustor is that if your position eventually prevails, even without a la...

April 29, 2020

A ROADMAP TO BURTON HUNTER’S IDEAS AND “WISDOM”

...o create your own searches. BELOW ARE MY TERM SEARCHES PERSONAL INJURY AND CONTINGENT FEE AND INSURANCE RELATED Blog Search for “Personal Injury”: https://tinyurl.com/y88bhxxh Blog Search for “Slip and Fall”: https://tinyurl.com/ydfp4tzl Blog Search for “Rear End Collision”: https://tinyurl.com/y8ybdzaw Blog Search for “Car Wreck”: https://tinyurl.com/y9e8fbnd Blog Search for “Auto Accident”: https://tinyurl.com/yca7tw8r Blog Search for “Truck Col...

May 3, 2016

It Is Six Months After My Rear End Collison: What Should I Do?

...not taxable! When you factor in litigation costs, risk, delay, and higher contingent fees, that $80,000 settlement is as good as a verdict of $150,000 two years from now. The client gets to keep just as much, and gets it sooner. Why did I ask the question in the title? Because, if you have a valid claim, and still have not settled or hired competent counsel, you probably still have time, but it is rapidly running out. Call me soon, or perhaps reg...

July 7, 2017

MORE ABOUT UNBUNDLING (A $500 Product That is Worth $1000)

...to “audition” for your personal injury case. This work is performed on a “contingent fee basis”, so you do not pay unless there is a recovery. I have many blog articles on these kinds of cases. Just search in www.hunterlawfirm.net for “personal injury”, “insurance”, “negligence”, “industrial”, or “malpractice. But, in many other kinds of conflicts, there are people every day who truly need help but don’t get it. An example is family court where s...

October 26, 2014

America’s Love Hate Relationship With The Poor.

...ds a lawyer. “Poor” is a relative term, since my solution requires the non-contingent fee client to ante up $500-$1000. WV Legal Aid is struggling, so the poor of WV go largely unrepresented. Even a dual income working couple may have to play “Family Court Russian Roulette” by representing themselves. The WV State Bar is trying to help them with a new web service to encourage WV lawyers to provide “pro bono”, free, services, but I see no way our p...

August 13, 2013

Self Representation – A Family Court Tragedy

...Court Appointed Lawyers; 2. Personal Injury victims get “free lawyers” on contingent fees, at least if there are serious injuries and a pool of money to collect from (insurance); 3. There is money in personal injury. Doubt me? Watch daytime t.v. and see who is advertising. 3. Defendants in personal injury suits get free defense lawyers, paid for by their insurance companies. 4. Doctors in med mal cases and lawyers in legal malpractice get free la...

May 7, 2020

A Legal Resource if Your Life is Off-Kilter

...ss is a smooth one. You pay nothing if we don’t get your recovery, and our contingent fees are below those charged by most firms. Our 40+ years of practice means we can maximize the net to you while usually avoiding filing suit. There is a very small time window for filing a domestic violence petition and getting a protective order. The statute lists five examples of domestic violence. I write about it in several blog articles. Just search my blog...

April 21, 2022

Our Helpful Resources: Writings and Videos

...ell, essentially, four products: Various injury and insurance claims on a “contingent fee” basis: “no recovery, no fee”. Full representation for an up-front retainer and a reasonable hourly rate. (Usually $250/hr.); family law, civil litigation, and disputes among heirs and neighbors. “Legal Coaching” or mentoring; aka “Unbundled Legal Services” under a “limited-scope contract.” Mediation Services, also based on an hourly rate, usually $250/hr. Re...

September 27, 2017

Tying Together “Unbundling” of Legal Services

...eet with you in a serious injury case. But what about the case that isn’t “contingent fee”? As my cousin’s sons who write of their days escorting rafters through Class 4-5 whitewater, I see myself as a guide through the chaos. But, what do you do if you plan to use your own kayak! And what do you do if you think you cannot afford a guide, or you bravely think you don’t need a guide? Or you might use a guide, but you want plenty of information firs...

July 19, 2012

Two Tips : Time Billing and Resources

...t capturing and documenting his/her time, even in personal injury or other contingent fee cases, is cheating himself out of income, failing to protect himself over billing questions/complaints, and failing to protect himself for malpractice claims. And, when the fees are reversed, such as an insurance bad faith claim, having proof of what you did is essential. And the “colleage articles” have been culled from hundreds of articles and dozens of pub...