Risks, Reputations, and Rewards: Contingency Fee Legal Practice in the United States

by Herbert Kritzer

Risks, Reputations, and Rewards looks at a variety of interrelated questions about contingency fee legal practice: What is the nature of the contingency fees that lawyers charge? How do lawyers get and screen potential cases? How do contingency fee lawyers interact with their clients and opponents? What is involved in settling these cases? What types of returns do contingency fee cases produce? And what role does reputation play in contingency...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804749671
• ISBN13: 9780804749671
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Stanford Law and Politics
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"