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\"Contingency
\nOur lawyers do not accept hourly payment<\/strong> for our services in personal injury cases (which is the only type of case our law firm handles). Our personal injury clients are not charged an hourly or set fee for our services. Instead, all of our clients are on a contingency fee retainer<\/strong>. We charge 33-1\/3% of the settlement amount in all cases that we settle before filing a lawsuit and 40% of any money we recover for the client after a lawsuit is filed. If you lose your case, our law firm receives no fee, and you do not have to pay any court costs or other expenses incurred in your case. (We don’t negotiate our fee.)<\/p>\n

Below is an example of the contingency fee agreement our lawyers use. Our fee agreement used to be quite long. Over the years, we have narrowed it down to a few paragraphs to make it as simple and as victim friendly as possible. It reads:<\/p>\n

I retain Miller & Zois, LLC (M&Z) as my Attorneys to represent me against any individual, company or entity for injuries sustained arising out of an incident which occurred on September 28, 2017.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Our lawyers do not accept hourly payment for our services in personal injury cases (which is the only type of case our law firm handles). Our personal injury clients are not charged an hourly or set fee for our services. Instead, all of our clients are on a contingency fee retainer. We charge 33-1\/3% of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2774,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2780","page","type-page","status-publish"],"yoast_head":"\nSample Contingency Fee Agreement | Maryland Personal Injury Attorney<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Free Consultation (800) 553-8082 Miller & Zois helps injured victims and their families in personal injury, medical malpractice and wrongful death cases. Maryland Personal Injury Lawyers. 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