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the influence” (DUI) chge, d

ing up

ill, inco

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business,

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yone’s mind

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l

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lyeithout getting

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lot of people do not

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s follo

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e m

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ent types of l

ye

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s of l,

nd t

o, depending on thei

type, l

ye

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clients in diffe

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ell, yes

nd no.

e do

ll h

ve to p

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test to get

license to p

ctice l

, but

e don’t

ll end up doing the s

me kind of

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k. In the old d

ys, l

ye

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n

s “genelists” did

little bit of eve

ything. They might ite up ill fo client in the mo

ning,

nd defend

diffe

ent client

g

inst c

imin

l chges in the

fte

noon. These d

ys, gene

lists

e mostly

dying b

eed, except in the most

ul pts of the count

y. F

mo

e commonly, tod

y’s l

ye

s focus theio

k on one o

t

o specific

e

s. You h

ve t

x lye

s, business l

ye

s,

ills

nd t

usts l

ye

s, c

imin

l defense lye

s,

nd pe

son

l inju

y l

ye

s. E

ch of those types of l

ye

s tends to chge clients

little diffe

ently.

n Initi

l Consult

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lly) F

ee

ll types of lye

s tend to sh

e one common p

ctice: most offe

100% f

ee initi

l consult

tion fo

ne

clients. You c

n t

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l

ye

bout

leg

l m

tte

you might

nt them to

o

k on fo

you,

nd it usu

lly

on’t cost you

nything. Note th

t

e s

y “usu

lly.” Some lye

s do ch

ge fo

n initi

l consult

tion to

void h

ving people t

ke

dv

nt

ge of them by t

ying to get f

ee leg

l

dvice. So, even though most l

ye

s do not chge fo fi

st meeting, it’s

lys

good ide

to confi

m this befo

e you sho

up.

hy do most lye

s offe

f

ee initi

l consult

tion? Simple: Lye

s

e in business,

nd they need to

tt

ct clients. The f

ee initi

l consult

tion gives the client isk-f

ee

y of seeking

lye

’s help

nd ensu

ing they’

e

good fit.

h

t h

ppens

t

n initi

l consult

tion

ith

lye

? The potenti

l client tells the lyebout

p

oblem o

issue. The l

ye

sks questions to dete

mine

hethe

o

not they c

n help,

nd if so, they’ll discuss the potenti

l costs involved. Think of it

s

job inte

vie

,

he

e you’

e the boss.

Just

s the types of lye

s diffe

, so do the dyn

mics bet

een potenti

l clients

nd lye

s in

n initi

l consult

tion. Businesses often h

ve

good ide

of the type of leg

l se

vices they need

nd

h

t they nt to

ccomplish

hen they sit do

n in

n initi

l consult

tion. In contst, pe

son

l inju

y victims tend to only h

ve

gene

l sense of ho

l

ye

c

n help them, o

h

t steps need to be t

ken next.

ll they

e

lly kno

is th

t they’

e hu

t,

nd th

t they need compens

tion f

om the pe

son

ho hu

t them.

lye

in

pe

son

l inju

y initi

l consult

tion m

y spend

lot mo

e time th

n othe

kinds of lye

s expl

ining ho

the p

ocess

o

ks, especi

lly if the victim h

s neve

been in

n

ccident befo

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hen the client decides to hi

e

lye

, the t

o of them ente

into

n

g

eement th

t goes by v

ious n

mes, including etention

g

eement,

leg

l se

vices

g

eement,

nd

fee

g

eement. No m

tteh

t you c

ll it, the

g

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h

t the l

ye

h

s

g

eed to do fo

the client,

nd ho

the client

g

ees the lyeill get p

id.

He

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b

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undo

n of the th

ee most common leg

l fee ngements.

Contingency Fee (This Is Ho

Pe

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In m

ny ys, the le

st expensive l

ye

s e pe

son

l inju

y l

ye

s! Ho

so? Bec

use they

o

k on contingency,

hich me

ns you do not p

y them

penny up-f

ont. Inste

d, thei

fee is contingent on them obt

ining money fo

you. In othe

o

ds, they only get p

id if you get p

id! He

e’s ho

it

o

ks. The

g

eement you sign

ith the

tto

ney specifies

pe

cent

ge the

tto

ney

ill

eceive of the tot

l

mount of money

ecove

ed on you

beh

lf. The lyeg

ees to

o

k fo

you in hopes of ening th

t cut. L

ye

s

nd clients often

g

ee to

sliding sc

le of pe

cent

ges b

sed on the

mount of money

ecove

ed

nd

o

the

mount of

o

k o

time it t

kes fo

the lye

to obt

in it. The

g

eement

lso l

ys out ho

the l

ye

p

oposes to p

y fo

you

c

se’s

dministtive expenses, like cou

t filing fees, document copying,

nd tvel. You might

g

ee to p

y those expenses out of you

o

n pocket, o

the lye

might

g

ee to f

ont them fo

you, in

hich c

se the

g

eement

ill

lso expl

in ho

those costs get

eimbu

sed in

ddition to the lye

’s pe

cent

ge fee.

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t’s p

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gets to

o

k on you

beh

lf

nd builds you

c

se. You p

y the l

ye

nothing upf

ont,

hich gives you

ccess to top-qu

lity leg

l se

vices

ithout

he

vy hit to you

fin

nces. You

best inte

ests

nd those of you

l

ye

m

tch up pe

fectly: the mo

e money the l

ye

obt

ins fo

you, the mo

e money the l

ye

ens.

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T

dition

lly, lye

s ch

ged clients by the hou

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common fee

ngement in m

ny

tto

ney-client

el

tionships. Since fees commonly

e

ch hund

eds of doll

s pe

hou

, this billing method c

n le

d to leg

l fees th

t seem to climb

nd climb,

ith no end in sight.

In

typic

l hou

ly fee billing ngement, lye

s

ill often

sk the client to p

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sis. Lye

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ly billing gets expensive fo

clients, m

ny of

hom

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dy find themselves st

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fte

n unexpected inju

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to give ou

clients

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top-qu

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l

o

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cing them to p

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l fees they c

n’t

ffo

d,

nd

e invest ou

effo

ts

holehetedly in

chieving

e

ding outcome th

t helps them get thei

lives b

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L

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hose

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to chge clients

fl

t fee fo

leg

l se

vices, such

s:

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  ill

• ep

  esenting the defend

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Clients tend to like fl

t-fee ngements bec

use they

e p

edict

ble

nd they c

p costs, but m

ny lye

s shy

y f

om them unless they feel

bsolutely confident in the

mount of

o

k

ep

esent

tion

ill

equi

e.

fl

t fee shifts the

isk of

c

se th

t

equi

es lots of

o

k onto the lye

. No m

tte

ho

much time o

effo

t

c

se t

kes, no m

tte

ho

m

ny t

ists

nd tu

ns ise, the lye

gets p

id only the p

eviously

g

eed-upon fee.

Pe

son

l inju

y lye

s gene

lly do not ch

ge fl

t fees.

e

o

k on contingency so th

t ou

clients do not p

y

nything upf

ont. The hdee

o

k

t

ecove

ing m

ximum compens

tion fo

ou

clients, the mo

e

e might e

n fo

ou

selves in the end.

Not Hi

ing

L

ye

Costs the Most of

ll

Folks conside

ing hi

ing

n

tto

ney fo pe

son

l inju

y m

tte

should

lso conside

the potenti

lly c

t

st

ophic costs of not hi

ing

l

ye

.

ithout the help of

skilled pe

son

l inju

y

tto

ney, inju

ed clients don’t knoh

t they’

e o

ed, o

ho

they c

n pu

sue it. They’ll miss out on the full

mount of compens

tion they need

nd dese

ve.

Inju

ed people need

n

lly

ho not only kno

s theiights, but kno

s ho

to p

otect them. It t

kes the tining

nd kno

-ho

of

n expe

ienced pe

son

l inju

y lye

to identify –

nd qu

ntify –

ll the ys

n inju

y

ffects

pe

son’s life. F

om the

e, they must find evidence to p

ove those c

tego

ies of d

m

ges.

ithout the help of

n

tto

ney, inju

ed people often unde

-v

lue thei

cl

ims, get t

ken

dv

nt

ge of by insu

nce

djuste

s,

nd ultim

tely le

ve money on the t

ble.