Fee Arrangements
Fee Arrangements
Hartley Law Offices PLC offers its clients a range of creative billing options to suit the needs of businesses and individuals desiring to use the legal services of the Firm. The Firm undertakes litigation and trials, at the Firm’s discretion, under one of the following billing options:
Hourly Fee Arrangement:
The client pays all expenses of the litigation; all sums due under any invoice are due within 15 days of receipt of an invoice.
HYBRID ARRANGEMENTS FOR PLAINTIFFS
HYBRID ARRANGEMENTS FOR PLAINTIFFS
Reduced Hourly/Client Pays Expenses/Contingent Interest and Possible Installment Payout of Reduced Hourly Fees
This arrangement provides for a reduced or discounted hourly fee for all attorneys working on the case; in exchange for a contingent interest in any and all recoveries in the case. The contingent amount owing to the Firm depends on the rate of discount made on the fees; the higher the discount on the fees, the higher the contingent interest.
One Time Non-refundable Retainer/Client Pays All Expenses/Contingent Fee Arrangement
This arrangement provides that client pays a one-time non refundable retainer to the Firm to commence the litigation. The client pays for all expenses of the litigation. The Firm also is given a contingent interest in all recoveries in the case received by the client and the contingent amount required by the Firm on recoveries under the arrangement starts at a lower level for all pretrial recoveries (“pretrial recoveries” defined as any recoveries received before sixty days before the trial begins, and then increases for all recoveries received by client after 60 days before the trial begins). All contingent interests under this arrangement are calculated on the gross amount of the recovery.
Pure Contingency Arrangement
This arrangement provides that the client pays nothing (no fees and no expenses) until and unless there is a recovery or recoveries in the case. In return, the Firm receives out of the gross recovery or recoveries in the case, a percentage of any recoveries received on or before 30 days after the trial of the case is concluded. The Firm’s percentage of the gross recoveries received by the client increases after 30 days from the date of the end of the trial in the case. In the unlikely but possible event the case is retried after an appeal, the Firm’s percentage.
