Lawsuits are expensive. Who pays the costs?

A: The contingent attorney’s fee does not include the costs of pursuing a personal injury claim, which may range from just a few hundred dollars to tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars for complex products liability or medical malpractice cases.  Noteboom—The Law Firm has the financial strength to pursue your case against the nation’s largest corporations and insurance companies.

Although many law firms may require you to pay these costs in advance, the personal injury lawyers at Noteboom—The Law Firm understand that the consequences of an injury make it difficult, if not impossible, for our clients to advance the costs of a case.  In most cases, we pay the costs, and simply ask to be reimbursed at the conclusion of a case when your recovery is received.  There are two rare situations where we will not advance the expenses. First, some personal injury claims are not very strong, but the client still wants us to pursue the case on a contingency fee basis.  With such claims, as an alternative to declining representation, we will offer the client an opportunity to pay the expenses instead. The other situation is when there is a good settlement offer and the client refuses to accept it against our advice. We would then require the client to pay all future expenses.