You may have seen commercials advertising personal injury attorneys who don’t charge for their services upfront and wondered if it was too good to be true.
In fact, most of the time in personal injury cases, attorneys offer their services based on a “contingency fee” basis. This term means that the lawyer’s fees for representing their clients will only be paid at the end of the case, and only if they receive a favorable outcome in their client’s case. The fees will be paid from a personal injury settlement or from the damages awarded from a favorable verdict. In the case that the client doesn’t receive a favorable outcome, the attorney doesn’t collect any fees.
Before you hire a personal injury attorney, here are some additional answers to questions that you may still have.