HOW MUCH DOES AN ATTORNEY COST FOR A CAR ACCIDENT INJURY CASE?

Here is the answer: People injured in a Minnesota car crash can usually hire a lawyer on a contingent fee. This means that the person who has suffered the injury does not have to pay any attorneys’ fees up front. Also, there are also no bills for hourly work by the lawyers. Instead, the client only pays when their car accident lawyer settles the case. Any fee is only paid out of the settlement. This is how the Rochlin Law Firm has done it for more than 25 years.

In most cases the contingent fee is 1/3 of the settlement. However, it can be higher or lower depending on the situation. If no money is recovered, the client does not owe any legal fees or expenses.  (Some MN law firms require an upfront deposit for expenses, but our firm does not.)

SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT INJURY

There are some cases every year where our lawyers start working on a car accident case that later turns out to not allow a claim. For example, if our client’s injuries heal quickly and well after a car accident. Minnesota has a ‘threshold’ requirement for a car accident injury settlement which they may not meet. If that happens, we don’t even charge costs or fees, i.e. there is no cost to the client.

However, our lawyers will still take cases where the client may end up not having a claim. This is because sometimes the client may initially not seem to have a significant injury, but it later becomes more serious. For this reason, we recommend that you contact us soon after your accident. It allows our lawyers to prepare your case and guide you along the way while your injury is properly assessed. There is no risk to you in hiring a car accident lawyer this way, because if you don’t get a settlement, you don’t pay any legal fees.

NO UPFRONT FEES NO PAYMENT UNTIL SETTLEMENT

Unlike some law firms, we also pay for all our clients’ case expenses until their case is resolved. These expenses may include obtaining medical records and doctors’ reports, court filing fees, deposition costs, and investigation costs. We are only reimbursed these expenses when money is recovered at the end of the case. However, if there is no recovery for you, we do not send you a bill for the expenses on your case – we write that off.

For each client, we put our contingency fee agreement in writing. A lawyer will also go through the agreement with you and answer any questions. The agreement is then signed by the client and the injury attorney, and the client gets a copy of the agreement right from the beginning.

If you have questions about whether to hire a lawyer for your auto accident injury case in Minnesota, or how much it costs to hire a lawyer, call the Rochlin Law Firm for a free consultation.