Risks, Reputations, and Rewards - 9780804749671

Risks, Reputations, and RewardsContingency Fee Legal Practice in the United States\nAuthor(s): Herbert M. Kritzer\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford Law and Politics\nISBN-13: 9780804749671, 978-0804749671\nSynopsis\nRisks, 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 fee practice? The author argues that to be successful, contingency fee lawyers must generate a portfolio of cases, similar to an investment portfolio with its associated risk. This has a significant impact on how contingency fee lawyers obtain and select cases, manage their wor.