If you decide to have legal representation for your case, one of the biggest things on your mind has to be how much money a lawyer is going to take out of your potential auto accident settlement. Unfortunately, there is no one easy answer for this. The amounts vary from person to person, firm to firm, and state to state. A San Antonio lawyer may charge more than one from Sacramento etc, making it very hard to give an estimate for all areas of the country. In most cases, if you are trying to recover money, you will be able to obtain a lawyer on a contingency basis, but if you are a defendant in a case you will be charged an hourly rate. Read the rest of this entry