Yes, but if we haven’t, we know someone who has.
Yes, most cases settle but because we specialize in litigation, we take more cases to trial than most other firms. Sometimes a case is tried to a jury and sometimes there is just the judge (which we call a bench trial). We’ve won both types, and in the parlance of our times… we have the receipts.
Chances are, the answer to this question is “yes”. We’ve dealt with lawyers at every large firm in the city, and we are not easily intimidated. The defense often has more lawyers and more money to throw around. What the defense rarely has is skin in the game. We self-fund most of our cases, meaning we are in this together. If we are willing to put our own money on the line, then you can be sure we believe in your case and will do all that we possibly can, legally and ethically, to achieve the best result possible for you.
Yes, again, because we litigate so much, we almost always know the defendant, the insurer, the judge and the lawyers on the other side. In our opinion, this provides an important advantage because what know what to expect and how to prepare.
Usually when we represent a plaintiff (the person or company filing the lawsuit), we operate on what’s called a “contingency” fee agreement, which means we front costs of litigation and our client does not have to pay us anything unless we obtain a recovery, in which case we take a percentage of the recovery. The percentage can change depending on the type of case, but it’s usually between 33% and 40%.
When we are litigating a complex matter or defending a person or company, we usually charge an hourly rate.
Sometimes we have hybrid fee arrangements that involve a reduced hourly rate and a contingency fee.
No, we do not represent insurance companies. Because of the amount of litigation we do on the plaintiff’s side, representing insurance companies would likely cause us to have a conflict of interest. So we only represent individuals and businesses.