Our team at The Paul Powell Law Firm is frequently asked if “More Lawyer. Less Fee.” is just some catchy line we use in our marketing or if it really means they’re getting more lawyer for less fee. It’s more than a slogan–it’s a promise.
Our goal is for our clients to get top-level help, attention, support, advice and service from our entire team.
Paul Had to Prove He Really Gives His Clients “More Lawyer. Less Fee.”
The Nevada State Bar Association has stringent rules as to the claims all lawyers are allowed to make in their advertising. This applies to every claim in all marketing from TV to radio to billboards to our own website.
Paul had to appear in person before a specialized hearing panel convened by the Nevada State Bar Association and provide documentation showing that this claim of “More Lawyer. Less Fee.” was truthful, tested, and is the standard of his practice. Only then was he allowed to use this promise in his advertising.
How Is Paul “More Lawyer?”
Paul has won more personal injury settlements over $1-million dollars than any other lawyer in Las Vegas. Similar to “More Lawyer. Less Fee.,” that statement is also a fact. It takes experience, strategy, and fearless tenacity to see a case through to these substantial settlements.
That said, million-dollar settlements do not tell the whole story. Paul and his team work tirelessly to help their clients recover from injuries, lost income, and hopefully get back the quality of life they previously enjoyed. By facilitating medical treatment and aggressively fighting for every client’s long-term recovery, our clients get the attention and support they need.
In all cases, injuries have life-changing effects on property, health, and income that may take years or be impossible to recover from. Paul and his team fight for reasonable compensation for every client.
What Are Typical Personal Injury Case Fees?
Imagine shouldering the cost of potentially long-term, professional medical treatment, physical therapy, medications, and legal fees while missing income because you can’t work while physically recovering from injuries. It’s a worst-case scenario for many of the people involved in the 8,000 average vehicle accidents that happen each month in Las Vegas.
Hiring a lawyer to make sure you get the treatment you deserve is the right choice.
With personal injury cases, all expenses from medical services to the tow truck that picked up the car at the accident are paid from the settlement. But these fees are not paid in advance nor paid by the insurance company at time of service. The Paul Powell Law Firm often covers these expenses during treatment or makes arrangements with providers to pay upon receiving the settlement.
Often there are weeks or months of negotiations, paperwork processing, and a myriad of loopholes that insurance companies use to avoid paying some expenses. Paul keeps them honest and cooperative.
Medical Expenses Related to Accidents
Medical services are, by far, the most complex and costly expenses related to a personal injury case. During the weeks and months it may take for you to be returned to good health and full functionality, fees continue to accrue.
These include:
- Ambulance and paramedics
- Emergency room visit
- Ongoing medical treatments that could take months
- Physical therapy
- Chiropractic care
- Pain management
- Sometimes inpatient or outpatient surgery
People often feel fine in the day or two after an accident, only to be stuck with debilitating pain days, weeks, and months after. Injuries sometimes take months to fully manifest. It’s for this reason that having Paul, a lawyer who both knows medicine and has the ability to get you the treatment you need regardless of cost, is the right choice.
Your recovery matters most to The Paul Powell Law Firm, and getting the right help and treatment for your injuries when you need it is paramount. Limiting your suffering while speeding up your recovery free of insurance company push back is priority one at The Paul Powell Law Firm.
Contingency Fees
A contingency fee is the amount of money a law firm will be paid for representing you after your case is won. Legal contingency fees for representation by The Paul Powell Law Firm are typically 33.33% of the settlement amount, except in the case of a trial where those fees rise to 40% to cover the additional work needed to prepare for, conduct, and litigate your case in front of a jury.
We often see clients whose injuries change their lives forever. While it seems the obvious, fair, and right outcome that these clients receive reasonable compensation, it requires hundreds, sometimes thousands, of work hours.
This contingency fee covers the much of the associated costs for representing you. From filing demand letters to negotiating directly with all levels of the insurance company, hundreds of hours are invested by highly trained professionals at our law firm. We make sure you get the help and compensation you deserve while being treated fairly by the at-fault party and their insurance company.
Trial Fees
Our goal is to settle the case for maximum dollars directly with the insurance company, but when that is not in our client’s best interest, it may become necessary to go to trial.
Should a case go to trial, costs go up because our team needs to prepare for litigation that sometimes takes place in front of a judge and jury.
- Obtaining and maintaining medical records
- Obtaining police reports
- Expert witness fees
- Postage
- Filing fees
- Investigator fees
- Depositions
- Trial exhibits
So How Does Paul Promise “Less Fee?”
It is our guarantee that Paul and The Paul Powell Law Firm will never take more money from a case than our client receives.
This is a powerful differentiator that few lawyers in Las Vegas share.
When a settlement is received, medical expenses still owed are settled. Any other outstanding case fees are paid. The law firm is reimbursed for any remaining expenses related to the case. Then the contingency fee is paid to the lawyer.
In rare cases, these payouts can leave the client with less money in their portion of the settlement than the contingency fee due the lawyer. Paul Powell does not feel this is fair and has committed that he will reduce his contingency fee so that he never takes more than his clients.
Paul Will Never Take More Than His Clients
Being involved in an accident was likely out of your control. But after an accident, your recovery, your health, your lost income, your quality of life, and the settlement you receive are all largely in your control based on which lawyer you choose to hire.
Hiring Paul Powell is the right choice.
The information on this blog is for general information purposes only. Nothing herein should be taken as legal advice for any individual case or situation. This information is not intended to create, and receipt or viewing does not constitute, an attorney-client relationship.