"Contingency basis" means that something will happen or be done only if certain conditions or events occur. It suggests that there is no guarantee or obligation until those conditions are met.
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We work
on contingency basis, so you pay nothing upfront and nothing until you receive financial compensation.
Many times you are responsible to take care of these fees, regardless if they won your case or not, even when they tell you they are a 100 %
contingency based firm.
From contingency based recruitment through to preferred or approved supplier status, we can tailor our service to meet your needs.
«I did a file recently where I did a low fixed fee on a collection matter and built in a
graduated contingency based on our success,» she says.
That's why we can offer you a solution tailored to fit your specific needs, from
contingency based database assignments to high profile, advertised, search and selection solutions.
Personal injury claims are fought by lawyers
on contingency basis meaning they are only paid after the damages are recovered.
That is why you rarely see law firms (other than, perhaps,
contingency based practices such as personal injury) in ground - floor retail space.
We offer FREE Case Evaluations and our fees are
contingency based so you pay nothing up front and a percentage only if we win.
That is why we offer instead a system
of contingency based fees, recouped as a percentage of monies recovered.
Fee Arrangement: Unlike most New Jersey commercial litigation law firms, we are creative on our fee arrangements, and we often take commercial litigation cases on
partial contingency basis / partial hourly basis.
Most of the firms that had been able to scale up had some form of
contingency based revenue coming in, which a lot of times gives them a lot of money to scale up.
The middle ground consists more complex estate planning, family, and criminal law matters (often for upper class clients); intellectual property, bankruptcy, litigation, and other corporate work for small and medium businesses; as well as personal injury, employment, and
other contingency based cases.
Paul Traina has practiced law for the past 25 years spending his first five years representing automobile manufacturers and insurance companies and the last twenty years representing consumers on a
pure contingency basis.
But in tense moments such as these, sellers need a reminder to
evaluate contingencies based on what makes the most sense for the transaction.
Firms like Prager's sometimes take enforcement cases on
a contingency basis, helping existing patent holders recover damages from infringers.
Perhaps start by offering it «on
a contingency basis when severe weather events are forecast, or for summer days when people's children are out of school,» for example, he suggests in the TED Ideas blog article.
In addition to the Massachusetts AG's suit, Edelson is working on
a contingency basis for Illinois regulators pressing data privacy cases against Uber and Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.
«If regulators adopt the business model of retaining firms to litigate for them on
a contingency basis, if that becomes a regular practice, then we would for sure see an upswing in these cases.»
Several legal experts said that it was particularly unusual for a plaintiff using a lawyer being paid on
a contingency basis not only to turn down settlement offers (several sizable settlements were proffered by Gawker) but also to pursue a strategy that prevented an insurance company from being able to contribute to a settlement.
All of the new cases, like Mr. Hogan's, were brought by Charles J. Harder, a Los Angeles - based litigator, working on
a contingency basis, who has most likely run up huge legal bills and expenses.
According to a resolution passed by the town board on Dec. 21, Mintz and Gold will represent the town in the lawsuit on
a contingency basis, with no fees due from the town unless an award is made as a result of the litigation.
In early June, he will be going to buildings where units have been illegally destabilized, and advise them to sign onto a lawsuit on
a contingency basis.
Our Placement Group operates on
a contingency basis, and our Placement Associates have comparable independent school knowledge.
Only on rare occasions will a ghostwriter work with someone on
a contingency basis, putting in all the time and expertise required to write a manuscript and pitch it to publishers at no charge to the originator of the book, in exchange for an agreed - upon percentage of future royalties.
c. Good ghostwriters rarely work on
a contingency basis, putting in all the time and expertise required to write a book and pitch it to publishers in exchange for a percentage of potential royalties.
Hopefully it happens and you can get an attorney with deep pockets to sue on
a contingency basis.
Some lenders will refer charged - off receivables to collection agencies, who work on
a contingency basis.
Debt buyers may also hire collection agencies on
a contingency basis, however, the FDCPA rules do not apply to debt buyers.
I strongly suspect that he took the case on
a contingency basis because he has hired outside help (Attorney Grimm) and because from his standpoint, he thought that the actual facts would be an easy matter to handle.
Of course, if it's all on
a contingency basis and the lawyers didn't think they were going to win, they'd want to see the case settled.
Also, I suspect he initially thought that his fees would be higher on
a contingency basis as opposed to an hourly fee basis.
By the way, the purported Attorney General of the US Virgin Islands issued his infamous subpoena through a private law firm, which is hired on
a contingency basis, is being paid by USVI in another matter, and has a conflict of interest.
Yet Richmond had no problem finding lawyers to represent it on
a contingency basis.
In other instances, an attorney might charge on
a contingency basis for complex matters.
All of our fees for personal injury cases are
contingency based.
The Gomez Law Firm charges clients of truck accident claims on
a contingency basis.
This is part of working on
a contingency basis in medical malpractice cases.