If your lawyer wins your personal injury case, how long it takes to get money from a settlement will vary, but you can generally expect to receive compensation within six to eight weeks.
In most cases, your lump-sum payout is sent to your attorney first, who will process the funds based on your contingency agreement. After your lawyer takes out his percentage (typically 33 percent), along with any legal costs of handling your case, what’s left of the money will be sent to you.
If you are in line to receive a large sum of compensation, the money may arrive based on a structured settlement schedule rather than a lump-sum check.