When another firm should be in the case.

A birth injury or a death case is often tried with another firm that already handles that work. Both firms are in the written fee. The client signs one contract, not two. The case is not taken until this office reviews the file and signs.

This office has had joint cases with the firms it works with. A birth-injury or death case is with co-counsel now. You still call this office. You do not look up the other firm and go there on your own.

Co-counsel this office works with handles birth injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, car, truck, and motorcycle crashes, catastrophic injury, nursing-home abuse, construction accidents, building and bridge collapses, workplace accidents, slip-and-fall and premises claims, product cases, dog bites, consumer protection, consumer privacy, real estate disputes, commercial litigation, fraud, civil conspiracy, and business torts. Their published results include a $32.8 million birth-injury result and a verdict of about $157 million. Another lawyer this office works with had a jury return a verdict of about $47.8 million in a real estate case. Those results are theirs. A jury verdict is not the same as money paid, and a past result is not a promise about a new case.

There is no legal requirement that a lawyer charge a set contingency percentage. The client may bargain the rate. This office will ask other counsel to accept a lower percentage than that firm’s usual rate.

On a personal-injury, property-damage, or wrongful-death contingency matter, the lawyers divide one fee. The firm with primary responsibility receives at least 75 percent of that fee. The firm with secondary responsibility receives at most 25 percent, unless the firms share the work about equally and a court approves another split.

The words for birth injury, standard of care, wrongful death, premises claims, and the other matters are collected here.

The client and every firm sign the contract before the fee is divided. Each firm assumes joint responsibility. The client receives the Statement of Client’s Rights.

The savings are that lower percentage. This office does not pay the client a portion of its fee.

What happens if another firm tries the case · Bargaining the contingency percentage