What If You Cannot Afford A Personal Injury Lawyer?

January 31, 2023

What If You Cannot Afford a Personal Injury Lawyer?

Those injured through no fault of their own should be able to find a New Jersey personal injury lawyer even if they cannot afford to pay a lawyer hourly under a retainer.

New Jersey permits contingency fee arrangements in personal injury cases. Many, if not all, personal injury attorneys will accept a case on a contingency fee basis. There are also pro bono attorneys that may be available to assist with a personal injury matter. Therefore, an injury victim should have no issue finding an attorney if they cannot afford to hire one on an hourly basis.

How does a contingency fee arrangement work?

In general, a New Jersey personal injury attorney will deduct the litigation expenses from the recovery leaving the net sum or the net settlement. The attorneys fee will then be deducted from the net sum after the deduction of disbursements made in connection with the institution and prosecution of the claim.

How much do lawyers take from a settlement?

By Court Rule, an attorney fee may not exceed the following:

“(1) 33⅓% on the first $750,000 recovered;

(2) 30% on the next $750,000 recovered;

(3) 25% on the next $750,000 recovered;

(4) 20% on the next $750,000; and

(5) on all amounts recovered in excess of the above by application for reasonable fee in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (f) hereof; and

(6) where the amount recovered is for the benefit of a client who was a minor or mentally incapacitated when the contingent fee arrangement was made, the foregoing limits shall apply, except that the fee on any amount recovered by settlement before empaneling of the jury or, in a bench trial, the earlier to occur of plaintiff’s opening statement or the commencement of testimony of the first witness, shall not exceed 25%.”

The Sloan Law Firm handles accident cases in Cranford, Elizabeth, Westfield, Plainfield, Union, Linden, Garwood, Kenilworth, Winfield, Scotch Plains, Fanwood and throughout New Jersey. If you or a loved one has been injured in an accident and would like to discuss the matter with a New Jersey Personal Injury Attorney, you can call the Sloan Law Firm at: (908) 358-2938. The initial consultations are always free. Attorney Daniel Sloan accepts clients under a contingency fee arrangement.

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