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\"fired\"<\/a>We frequently get contacted by injured persons wanting to know if they can fire their personal injury<\/a> lawyer.<\/p>\n

The short answer is \u201cyes, you can fire your personal injury lawyer even if you\u2019re paying a contingent fee\u201d, but you still may end up paying the first lawyer.\u00a0 Let me explain.<\/p>\n

Texas contingent fees are governed by a 1969 Supreme Court case of Mandell & Wright v. Thomas<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In that case, the Court stated that when a client fires a lawyer who is working on a contingent fee without having good cause, then the lawyer can still recover the full contractual fee.<\/p>\n

This means that if you have hired a lawyer and agreed to pay him 40% contingent fee, decide to fire the first lawyer and hire a second lawyer on an identical 40% contingent fee, then you could be paying 80% of your claim for attorneys\u2019 fees.\u00a0 So yes, you can fire your lawyer, (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We frequently get contacted by injured persons wanting to know if they can fire their personal injury lawyer. The short answer is \u201cyes, you can fire your personal injury lawyer even if you\u2019re paying a contingent fee\u201d, but you still…<\/span><\/p>\n

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