How our personal injury and auto accident fees work:

We work on a contingency fee basis for Colorado Personal Injury and Auto Accident practice. This means we only collect attorney's fees if we successfully collect on your claim. You pay nothing to hire us. We also front the expenses for your claim, such as police report fees, postage, copies, medical records, investigations, etc. This means the costs of working on your claim are taken out of the settlement you receive from the insurance company, along with our fee. If, in the unlikely event we are not successful, you could be responsible for the expenses, but would NOT owe us any fee.

How much is the fee?

The normal fee charged by other law firms in Colorado for Auto Accident cases is 33.3%. Our fee is 25%. We receive 25% of the settlement or verdict in Auto Accident cases. Our fee means you keep more of your money. For example, let's assume that we recover $100,000.00 on your behalf from the at fault parties insurance company. At other law firms, you will owe them $33,333.34 in attorneys' fees, but at McDowell Laybourne & Rodemer, LLC, you will keep $8,333.34 more than at a firm charging 33.3%, because of our low 25% contingency fees, you really do keep more of your money.

For other types of cases, such as premises liability, medical malpractice, or other personal injury matters our firm charges the standard 33.3% contingency fee, which is what most lawyers charge for Auto Accidents.

Finally, you may hear other attorneys advertising "no fee unless they collect", or a "no fee guarantee". It's important to note that is what a contingency fee is, it simply means that the payment of attorney's fees is contingent on there being some kind of recovery. The McDowell Laybourne & Rodemer difference is that we offer low 25% percent contingency fees for auto accident cases, which of course means, no fee unless we collect for you.