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FOX & FOX, S.C.
CONTINGENT FEE AGREEMENT: (Case involving Statutory Fees)
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II. CLIENT TO PAY LITIGATION EXPENSES
The client will pay all expenses incurred in
connection with the case, including charges for
transcripts, witness fees, mileage, service of process,
filing fees, long distance telephone calls,
reproduction costs, investigation fees, expert witness
fees and all other expenses and out-of-pocket
disbursements for these expenses according to the
billing policies and procedures of FOX & FOX, S.C. The
client agrees to make payments against these bills in
accordance with the firm’s billing policies.
III. THE ATTORNEYS’ FEES WHERE THERE IS NO SEPARATE
PAYMENT OF ATTORNEYS’ FEES
In the event that there is recovered in the case a
single sum of money or property including a job that
can be valued in monetary advantage to the client,
either by settlement or by litigation, the attorneys’
fees shall be the greater of:
A. A reasonable attorney’s fee in a contingent
case, which shall be defined as the
attorneys’ fees computed at their regular
hourly rates, plus accrued interest at their
regular rate, plus a risk enhancer of 100% of
the regular hourly rates (but in no event
greater than the total recovery), or:
B. A contingency fee, which shall be
defined as:
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CONCEPTS”. Sec. V sets forth a justification for the provisions
of the agreement that is couched in terms of obviating the
potential for conflicts of interest between the attorneys and the
client by creating an identity of economic interests of attorneys
and client in the prosecution of the claim.
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