FAQs

No, there is never a charge for a consultation. If we take your personal injury case, it will be handled on a contingency basis. That means that we only get a fee if we are successful in obtaining a financial recovery for you, the client, either by settlement or a jury verdict.

Attorney's fees in personal injury cases in New York are governed by the Judiciary Law and are based on a "contingent fee". In personal injury cases, other than medical, dental, or podiatric malpractice, the attorney fees are 1/3 of the gross (total) recovery, whether by settlement or jury verdict, after deduction from the gross recovery of "properly chargeable" expenses and disbursements.

The expenses and disbursements that are "properly chargeable" are those expenses that have been advanced by our office in the furtherance of your case and are properly allowed by law, such as investigation costs, court filing fees, and experts' fees. Expenses and disbursements properly chargeable to the case are deducted from the total (gross) amount recovered from the defendants either through settlement of jury verdict. We do not charge you for routine costs of pursuing your case, such as routine photocopying or postage expenses. However, in the unusual situation where there may be an extraordinary quantity of photocopying for which we have to use an outside vendor, we may, at the conclusion of the case, include that as a chargeable disbursement.

No! We offer licensed attorneys a referral fee based upon their participation in your case. That will not affect your recovery in any way. The attorney who referred you to us receives a portion of our attorney's fee.

The legal fees in a medical, dental, or podiatric malpractice case are governed by the Judiciary Law and are determined on a "contingent fee" based upon the recovery obtained either through a pretrial settlement or a jury verdict. After deduction from the gross recovery for "properly chargeable" expenses, the attorney's fees in medical, dental, or podiatric malpractice cases are based upon a "Sliding scale" structure as follows:

• 30 percent of the first $250,000 of the sum recovered;

• 25 percent of the next $250,000 of the sum recovered;

• 20 percent of the next $500,000 of the sum recovered;

• 15 percent of the next $250,000 of the sum recovered;

• 10 percent of any amount over $1,250,000 of the sum recovered.