Personal Injury LegalThe Phoenix Arizona Scottsdale Arizona personal injury legal business is one in which an accident victim should use special care. The telephone book is full of lawyers and law firms willing to possibly take your case. Unlike other contingency based firms, The Hislop Law Group clients pay reduced fees when the work turns out to be less than expected.
For the average person it is difficult to pay a lot of money in advance to hire a lawyer. In addition, most people, especially these days, could afford the hourly cost of good attorney in paying them each month. Accordingly, the legal system and lawyers have developed an alternative.
The contingency fee alternative in the personal injury legal system is where no money is required from the client to begin the case. Instead, if any money is recovered the attorney will take a percentage of the final settlement or court award. At the Phoenix Arizona Scottsdale Arizona personal injury Law Firm of Terence J. Hislop, we offer contingency arrangements to our clients. Contingency fees are not cheap and reflect the fact that the lawyer is taking a risk and that you are not paying anything up front. In Phoenix Arizona Scottsdale Arizona personal injury legal cases, a lawyer's fee is usually 33% to 40% of the amount the lawyer gets for the client.
The Phoenix Arizona Scottsdale Arizona personal injury legal firm of the Law Firm of Terence J. Hislop wants you to have all the facts. In deciding whether to hire a lawyer on a contingency fee basis, you have to figure out whether the economics of your claim make it worthwhile.
At the Phoenix Arizona Scottsdale Arizona personal injury legal firm of The Hislop Law Group, we realize that if your claim is relatively small, it may make sense to handle your claim on your own, even taking yourself to small claims court or arbitration. Unlike most lawyers, we can assist you with this and only charge you an hourly rate off your settlement instead of a contingency fee. The decision will depend on how comfortable you are going to small claims court or arbitration without a lawyer, or how technical the insurance company's defense is.
The Phoenix Arizona Scottsdale Arizona personal injury legal firm of The Hislop Law Group, provides the following fee arrangements:
- If we can force the insurance company to settle the case by negotiating with the insurance adjuster, versus going through the litigation process, The Hislop Law Group will received a reduced contingency fee
- Make an agreement that if a client ultimately receives up to a certain amount, say $10,000 more than what you have already been offered by the insurance company The HIslop Law Group will receive a basic fee of 25% of the settlement. For everything over that amount, we will receive 33.3%. This structure guarantees that the client does not wind up getting less by using a lawyer than you would have if you had accepted on your own insurance company's earlier offer
- Pay the lawyer an hourly fee up to a prearranged limit, say $2,000. If the claim cannot be settled by the lawyer doing that amount of work, the fee will then switch to a contingency arrangement
When you are considering which Phoenix Arizona Scottsdale Arizona personal injury legal firm to choose to represent your claim, check to see if they will agree to these terms.
Don't overpay for legal representation, call The Hislop Law Group today for a free and full consultation.
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