in the state of new york um

because that’s the state where i

practice we usually um

do a contingency retainer for a personal

injury case which means that

you do not pay us anything up front we

only get recovery from your settlement

if we actually win

you some funds

and that is usually one-third uh it

depends whether it’s a per it’s a

personal injury case or whether it’s a

medical malpractice case because in

personal injury cases it’s 33 percent

and in medical malpractice it’s 30

on top of that we are allowed by law to

deduct the costs of of um

litigating the case however there is an

option where clients can choose to front

the costs themselves however nobody does

that so usually what happens is the law

firm covers the costs and then the

client just pays them back at the time

when a settlement is recovered or a jury

verdict what’s important for the clients

to understand is they don’t pay anything

in the beginning um

and we we are only paid if we actually

recover something for them and the

percentages vary as i said whether it’s

personal injury or medical malpractice

we also handle medical more practice

cases and that the percentage is lower

there