If I Am Not Paying My Attorney Upfront For My Personal Injury Case, How Do I Know The Case Is Important To Them?

Bail Bond Cowboys wants the public to have answers to the myriad of questions that surround the civil legal system and your legal rights. We bring those answers to you in the form of video interviews by Attorneys.Media of legal experts in your area and across the country.

Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media

“One of the things that people have asked is…’if I don’t pay my attorney, in other words, the contingency fee on a personal injury case, well, If I’m not paying my attorney, then how do I know the case is important to them? How much time is he going to devote to that case’? This is now a question because I assume that’s that standard across the industry, the contingency fee, so what do you say to the client when they ask that question?”

Andrew Dósa – Personal Injury Attorney – Alameda County, CA

“Well, I don’t get paid until I get a settlement, so I have no motive to not get a settlement. I have a motive to get a settlement. As I mentioned earlier, I don’t determine what the settlement will be, the client is the one who gives the approval. I couldn’t make a demand, and then accept the settlement that I thought was good, and then talk to the client and let them know what we got. I’ve had a couple of clients that just didn’t want to be bothered because they were too busy with various life challenges, but I could never have settled them without their authority. I am motivated to move things along promptly because I won’t get paid until I do that.”