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Old May 9, 2004 | 12:47 am
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Contingency fees....

Originally Posted by barkingcat
Lastly, how much do the lawyers get? (not a lawyer joke, but serious question.... as I'm trying to convince my niece to go to law school instead of med school)
If collected, I understand that lawyers get some 1/3 of the payout in the case of contingency fees (where the lawyer takes on the case w/o any fees and gets paid only if the suit is successful).
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