Legal Question in Personal Injury in New York

On time payment is received from the insurance

In some time the lawyer gets the 33.3%

After downloading all expenses

Or before and then just go down expenses


Asked on 1/05/13, 7:29 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Michael Krigsfeld William Schwitzer & Associates, P.C.

Generally, the expenses get deducted from the gross settlement amount and then the attorney gets 1/3 of the balance as the attorney's fee. But not all attorneys calculate it this way. You have to refer to the retainer you signed when you first took on your attorney.

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Answered on 4/05/13, 9:53 am


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