Legal Question in Personal Injury in New York

How to calculate the fees of a lawyer 33.3%

Total amount received from the insurance company lower 33.3%

Or that first of all expenses were lower and only later he gets 33.3%


Asked on 1/01/13, 2:10 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jason A. Richman Jason A. Richman, Esq.

Specified in your initial retainer agreement. If you have not yet retained an attorney then the most common practice in NY for contingent fee cases is for the fee percentage to be calculated based upon the net recovery after the expenses have been paid out of the gross recovery.

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Answered on 7/21/13, 7:44 pm


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