Personal Injury Lawyers only get paid a fee if the injured person receives money. In fact, even if the lawyer advances money for things like ordering reports or records, or hiring experts to do things like an accident reconstruction in serious car accident cases, only in the event of recovery does the injured person have to pay those costs back to the lawyer out of the settlement.
The standard lawyer’s fee in Florida for a Personal Injury case is 33.3% of any recovery up to $1 million dollars and 40% after an answer to a lawsuit is filed. As the settlement goes up, the fees go even lower. Again, if there is no recovery, THERE IS NO FEE.
These contingency fee contracts have been approved by the Supreme Court of Florida. The fee will usually be the same no matter which personal injury lawyer you select, so what differentiates law firms is their reputation and experience of the lawyer, not their fees.