Thread: Dang it! Help?
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Old Aug 18, 2008, 08:37 PM
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bebop said:
you need to find an attorney that will take it contingency. settle on percentage before you walk out of the office. I think it may top out at 33%

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It is contingency based. We didn't settle before I walked out because he didn't have any paperwork for me to sign or anything.
On the paperwork it goes from:
-"33% of any settlement or recovery obtained in said action before a Complaint is filed"

and goes to

-"40% of any settlement in said action within 4 weeks of trial or of any verdict or recovery obtained if the matter goes to trial, plus any fees which may be rewarded by the Court, or if the matter is appealed, plus any fees awarded by the Appellate Court"

Maybe I just need to get up the guts to call him and figure out what he was talking about in the office. I feel like I got lied to and I don't like it.

Maybe I just need to find another lawyer to talk to!
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