What Does a Lawyer Cost?
Most injured people cannot afford to pay a lawyer on an hourly basis. That is why lawyers generally work on personal injury cases for a contingent fee. That means they work for a set percentage of whatever amount of money they recover for the client. If there is no recovery, the attorney gets no fee. If a contingency fee is agreed to, the lawyer typically is also responsible to advance the costs of your litigation. Some lawyers require their contingent fee clients to advance some of the costs, but the Alaska Personal Injury Law Group always advances the costs on its contingent fee cases. In Alaska, contingent fee agreements must be by written contract. Lawyers you speak to should be willing to give you a copy of their form fee agreement and fully explain it to you. Won’t The Insurance Company Be Fair To Me? The insurance company certainly wants you to think so, but don’t allow yourself to be fooled. The insurance claims system is like our legal system — it is adversarial. The insuranc
