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40% Contingent Fee for Accident Case?
Hi, this is Ben Glass with a short message on contingency fees for Virginia accident cases. I met a guy a couple of days ago. He was dissatisfied with the services he was getting from his lawyer, and was looking to fire him if he could. We were giving him a second opinion hoping that we could shed some light on what he should expect from a good Virginia personal injury attorney for his case.
Competing on price is something no Virginia personal injury attorney should do, but we had to take a quick look at the fee agreement that he had signed and I was shocked to find that for a simple car accident case, this guy was charging 40% of the recovery. To say the least, for any Virginia personal injury attorney that’s outrageous. In most cases, personal injury attorneys work on what is called the contingent fee basis, that is they're charging a percentage of the recovery, typically between 25 to 33% percent, but only if you win your case or get your case settled.
The reality is that most car accident cases settle. To pay a lawyer 40% of the recovery for a car accident case is way, way too much.
Typically there’ll be out–of-pocket expenses that you may be responsible for. Out-of-pocket expenses include things like fees from medical bills, fees for reports from doctors, and filing fees, the things that we pay to the court to file a case. And you’ll ultimately be responsible for those in most cases. If you have other questions, feel free to contact us and we can walk you through the steps of sorting out Virginia personal injury attorney fees. It's pretty unfortunate to see, but there are Virginia personal injury attorneys who are looking to hurt their clients with a contingent fee which could be worse than their personal injury!
You can order a free sample chapter of our free consumer guide, The Five Deadly Sins That Can Wreck Your Injury Claim, to learn more about personal injury claims in Virginia by following this link
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