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Can a FLL Car Accident Lawyer Overcharge Me?

The biggest fear amongst residents (after suffering a car accident) in Fort Lauderdale is the price of lawyers. 

Word on the street is that lawyers are extremely expensive and hard to find an affordable lawyer. They will take your case and basically take their expensive lawyer fees, do the minimal work, and then leave you with little money.

But is that really what happens? 

We want to dispel that myth.

Contingency Based Accident Lawyers

Our lawyers and most of the other lawyers that take care of your car accident cases are contingency based lawyers. 

Contingency based lawyers are lawyers that take their fee after the case is won. So you won’t have to pay a single penny until the winning fee is arranged.
In addition, for all contingency based lawyers, the fee is discussed BEFORE the case is even taken up so that the client is comfortable with the amount of money they are going to have to pay for the case. This is to obviously avoid any sort of disagreements and misunderstandings throughout the process of the case.

Most of the time, contingency based lawyers charge around 30-40% of the final settled amount. Sometimes, it can go as high as 50%, but that is rare.

No Win No Fee Lawyers

But what if the lawyers don’t win your case? What happens then? 

If the lawyers don’t win you the case, then they will not take any money from (if that is what is agreed). It is in the name itself “no win no fee” lawyers. Without winning, they cannot take a fee because there should technically be no reward for losing the case. 

The point of no win no fee is that you should have the full confidence that your case will be settled to your liking and your satisfaction, thus the lawyer will get paid for being able to satisfy your needs. If that is not possible, then payment should not be given. 

Can an Accident Lawyer Overcharge Me?

The word overcharge assumes that there was more charged towards the client than what was initially agreed upon. 

This should actually be impossible with a no win no fee lawyer for two reasons.

The first reason is that a no win no fee lawyer will agree to a percentage with the client before the case is even started to be worked on. Second, the lawyer has to work within good faith to make sure that the client gets enough to cover for the financial damages they suffered, so there should be no shortage of money for the client.

Personal Injury Lawyers in Fort Lauderdale

A personal injury lawyer in Fort Lauderdale can help you or a loved one get the financial compensation that you or they deserve for the injuries that they had to go through.

Our team is equipped with decades of experience and hundreds of cases won to make sure that you can be the next person to win their financial compensation for their injuries. 

We start you off with an absolutely free consultation to hear out what happened to you during the car accident in Fort Lauderdale. From there, we will immediately start gathering evidence such as medical bills and photos to build you a strong case.

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