Risks, reputations, and rewards contingency fee legal practice in the United States

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kritzer, Herbert M., 1947- (-)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law and Politics 2004
Subjects:
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Table of Contents:
  • The political economy of the American contingency fee
  • A profile of Wisconsin's contingency fee practitioners and their cases
  • Clients seeking lawyers, lawyers seeking clients : finding and screening potential cases
  • The work of the contingency fee lawyer
  • Understanding settlement negotiations
  • Cashing out the investment
  • The role of reputation in contingency fee practice
  • Conclusion : praying for justice or preying on justice?