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Costs vs Attorneys’ Fees
Go to Costs vs Attorneys’ FeesCosts are separate from the attorneys’ fees. Costs include anything from retaining experts, cost of file materials, legal research, hiring outside vendors such as copy services, presentation services, having visual aids drawn up, service of process, filing fees and a whole host of other costs that are not included with the attorneys’ fees. These costs are…
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Fees on Cases that Settle Pre-Suit
Go to Fees on Cases that Settle Pre-SuitThe Florida Bar has determined that if the case is settled before the suit is filed that the attorney can receive 33 1/3% of whatever recovery they were able to obtain up until the first million of any recovery. It should be noted that most cases settle for far less than a million dollars. For anything…
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Attorney’s Fees Lower Than Normal
Go to Attorney’s Fees Lower Than NormalHowever there are some cases where the lawyer is forced by Statute to take a lower fee then the normal 33 1/3% or 40% that they would charge in most cases. For example, if someone is injured by someone who is working for a governmental authority (ie; City, County or other Division of the State of…
