January 8, 2018
Search #8 of My Blogs: “Contingent Fees”
...ple will search for these topics when they encounter serious legal challenges in their lives. https://hunterlawfirm.net/?s=%22Contingent+fee%22...
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March 15, 2014
FAQ
...sive clerical pay. My most typical hourly rate is $200/hour. More About My Fees Many of my cases are handled on a “straight hourly rate” with a “minimum fee” for initial evaluation and file opening, and some are a “mixed” hourly rate with a “contingent” component. A typical divorce or boundary line dispute will require a retainer of $2500 to $5000, with a sum to be set aside for expenses. My minimum fee from such retainers is $1000. This pays for...
April 21, 2012
Getting Feedback
...too) because every day has a moment, or ten, where I feel pretty dumb. The feedback I got this week made me feel really good. Here it is: Yes; some day I am going to get some feedback that singes the hair off my head, but today I am feeling “all warm and fuzzy”. It was a “challenging week” that ended on a very good note, saving me LOTS of risk, anguish, and “up front money”. It was also stressful, but during that week, these three e-mails arrived...
January 24, 2018
A Personal Injury Glossary: Negligence, Insurance, and the Rest
...be very expensive; thus, the most common fee arrangement is a “contingent fee”. These fees may range from 10% – 40%. No fee is taken unless there is a recovery. 18. Litigation Costs: These costs include filing fees, acquisition of records, depositions, experts, travel, etc. Cost can be huge and the cost of the litigation must be considered in the evaluation of any settlement or the prospects for any law suit. 19. Mediation: This is a form of “alt...
March 8, 2013
What If I Hire a Divorce Lawyer
...xperience, by number and seriousness of the pending issues. 6. $1050 of my fee is a consultation fee/retainer with a built in discount for all but the simplest cases. As an example, let’s pick the middle rate of $2850. I usually agree that no further fee will be charged unless we go over, in combined services and costs, $3350. After that, I usually agree to discount my hourly rate by 25%, or at least $50 per hour. 7. That “double discount”, the $5...
September 15, 2010
The Basics of Personal Injury Claims in WV
...y to be “junk”. Finally, have you heard in the news that the McDonald’s coffee suit victim was in her 80’s, that the coffee caused severe burns, that they were on her “privates”, that they required skin grafts, that her car was parked when the cup slipped from her fingers, that McDonald’s knew their coffee caused such burns, that McDonald’s received over 500 such claims a year, that their internal memos showed that the profit earned from the hotte...
April 3, 2014
Table of Contents
...ges photo. Here is some advice I gave a client in a … 2012/04/28 2012-04-28 22:32:00 Getting Feedback Thank you to everyone who views this blog. I just learned that I have had 17,000+ page views. Not exactly … 2012/04/21 2012-04-21 23:27:00 Getting Feedback Yes; some day I am going to get some feedback that singes the hair off my head, but today I … 2012/04/21 2012-04-21 23:16:00 Paperless Office This is a set up at home. Not yet paperless, but wi...
April 21, 2012
Getting Feedback
...oing to get some feedback that singes the hair off my head, but today I am feeling “all warm and fuzzy”. It was a “challenging week” that ended on a very good note, saving me LOTS of risk, anguish, and “up front money”. It was also stressful, but during that week, these three e-mails arrived and lifted my spirit. Someone must have renewed the discussion started by a young lawyer in one of my discussion groups, probably the ABA Small Firm group on...
April 21, 2020
Intro: Access to Justice, Unbundled Services, Contingent Fees, Family Law, Mediation, Collegiality
Intro: Access to Justice, Unbundled Services, Contingent Fees, Family Law, Mediation, Collegiality: https://youtu.be/q1tVK9xPWRw Got five minutes? In this introductory video, I spend perhaps a minute each on several subjects that encompass the panoply of subjects I wish to cover in this video series. It’s a good summary, except my family law services, which I cover in meticulous detail in many other of my new videos. Access to justice for low and...
June 9, 2012
A Foot in Each Camp
...about the harm their client has done to ours. They do not want to make us feel better. They want to win, to save money for their clients, to feed their families, and to do well in their profession. I have heard such words from my wife Nancy, who understands human nature and reminds me to keep my guard up. Please understand something. I agree with them. I detest losing. I want my clients to get a great result. I want people to admire me as a lawye...