contingency fee
noun
: a fee for services (as of a lawyer) paid upon successful completion of the services and usually calculated as a percentage of the gain realized for the client
called also contingent fee
Examples of contingency fee in a Sentence
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The rise of contingency fee cases kicked off a new wave of lobbying across the nation.
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Shalina Chatlani, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Instead of paying off Teresa McAdams’ Medicare lien and placing the rest of the settlement funds in a trust account to finance the couple’s litigation against Allstate Corp., Adams wrote checks to himself and his law firm amounting to more than he was owed for his contingency fee.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 20 Feb. 2024
While the attorney general has occupied the field as plaintiff, private attorneys contracted by the office will be leading the pension lawsuit going forward on a contingency fee basis, with the potential to be paid with a considerable portion of funds recovered by the state.
—Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 15 June 2021
They are often paid on a contingency fee basis.
—Jon D'amato, Forbes, 11 June 2021
Those conclusions came in a 2014 ruling by U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan that also ordered Mr. Donziger to relinquish his 6.3% contingency fee interest in the case to Chevron and forbade him from profiting from the Ecuador judgment or trying to enforce it in the U.S.
—Rebecca Davis O’Brien, WSJ, 10 May 2021
The contingency fee structure is the only way many people can afford access to legal representation for accident.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 25 Dec. 2022
The contract called for $70,710 — with a 10 % contingency fee — for which the firm will create a general vision and suggest public improvements.
—Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022
The firms get their usual contingency fee, and NAAG gets a cut.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
Shalina Chatlani, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Instead of paying off Teresa McAdams’ Medicare lien and placing the rest of the settlement funds in a trust account to finance the couple’s litigation against Allstate Corp., Adams wrote checks to himself and his law firm amounting to more than he was owed for his contingency fee.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 20 Feb. 2024
While the attorney general has occupied the field as plaintiff, private attorneys contracted by the office will be leading the pension lawsuit going forward on a contingency fee basis, with the potential to be paid with a considerable portion of funds recovered by the state.
—Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 15 June 2021
They are often paid on a contingency fee basis.
—Jon D'amato, Forbes, 11 June 2021
Those conclusions came in a 2014 ruling by U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan that also ordered Mr. Donziger to relinquish his 6.3% contingency fee interest in the case to Chevron and forbade him from profiting from the Ecuador judgment or trying to enforce it in the U.S.
—Rebecca Davis O’Brien, WSJ, 10 May 2021
The contingency fee structure is the only way many people can afford access to legal representation for accident.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 25 Dec. 2022
The contract called for $70,710 — with a 10 % contingency fee — for which the firm will create a general vision and suggest public improvements.
—Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022
The firms get their usual contingency fee, and NAAG gets a cut.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
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“Contingency fee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contingency%20fee. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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