Personal Injury Resources

David Giacalone, a lawyer who blogs about ethics, discusses contingency fees for personal injury lawyers.

I've never attacked the basic concept or use of contingency fees, and instead support it. (see the many listings on our Fees resources page). My gripe is with the use of a standard contingency fee -- with a firm offering virtually all of its clients the same fee, with no offer to negotiate the level, regardless of the merits of their case -- rather than tailoring the fee to the risk involved to the lawyer in each case. At best, Evan's argument above explains why a contingency fee can be good for many clients. Well, sure.