contingency fee

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• In his 22-lawyer office, two or three lawyers will try a case so that the younger attorneys get trial experience—a luxury that is possible because the firm works on a contingency fee basis rather than billing by the hour.

  Academic text (2002)

• Costs for the contingency fee case are being fronted by Davis' firm.

  Academic text (2001)

• No more contingency fees are allowed; instead, fees are based on time worked and expenses.

  Academic text (2006)

• No one could sneeze at a contingency fee of a cool six million.

  Fiction book (1993)

• There is a cap on damages in Canada, and we do not have contingency fees, generally, except in class actions with the Court's approval.

  Academic text (1999)

• Each state hired, on a contingency fee basis, private plaintiffs' lawyers to pursue their cases.

  Academic text (2007)

• We proudly serve companies and individuals along the Gulf Coast and around the globe on a contingency fee basis.

  Blog text (20)

• Saladoff is willing to modify her contingency fee percentage in the product liability and medical malpractice cases she handles if clients bear the costs up front.

  Academic text (1996)

• For instance, under California's Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975, plaintiffs' lawyers collect contingency fees on a sliding scale, from 40 percent of the first $50,000 of a recovery down to 15 percent of the portion of any award that is in excess of $600,000.

  Academic text (1995)

• If an attorney works on a contingency fee basis, they will only be paid if they win the case.

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