Legal Question in Personal Injury in California
About fee structure. In a contingency case of medical product liability & personal injury where company has recelled an implant and it is not going to trial, what is the most common fee structure? Is there any standard referral fee?
Asked on 9/29/10, 9:52 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Steven Kuhn
Steven Kuhn
Most attorneys handle these cases on a contingency fee of 1/3 until the case goes to mediation, Mandatory Settlement Conference or Trial when the fee goes to 40%. Referral fees are only allowed to go to another attorney for referring the case. The referral fee is usually between 10% and 33 1/3%. Referral fees cannot go to non attorneys.
Answered on 10/05/10, 9:40 pm