MAXIMIZE YOUR CLIENTS RECOVERY.
REFER YOUR CASE TO FRANCO MUÑOZ.
Attorney Referrals
We specialize in handling cases referred to us by attorneys across California and the United States. For over 15 years, we've been a reliable partner for lawyers from various practice areas seeking representation for clients with significant workers' compensation injuries and wrongful death cases. Adhering to the Rules of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, we have consistently paid substantial referral fees to attorneys since 2018.
Renowned as one of the leading plaintiff firms in workers' compensation injury and wrongful death litigation nationwide, we receive referrals from firms of all sizes, ranging from solo practitioners to large corporate firms, who entrust us to ensure their clients receive top-notch care. Attorneys specializing in non-workers' compensation areas, such as intellectual property, corporate law, public interest, tort defense, tax law, patent, and trademark law, have confidently referred their friends, family, and clients to us for the investigation and prosecution of injury and death claims.
You Can Depend On Our Referral Agreements And Payments
All referral agreements and associated fees are disbursed in compliance with State Bar Rule 2-200. It is legally mandated that clients must acknowledge the referral agreement at the onset of their retention process.
We work with referring counsel to make certain that the referral fee or fee division is fair and reflects proper compensation for the work undertaken, the risk assumed, the time commitment involved, the potential for loss, and the advanced costs responsibility of the individual case. There is no one size fits all arrangement. In each case, the amount or percentage of the fee is tailored to the individual circumstances of the case. Factors which are considered include the size of the case, its complexity, the overall fee negotiated with the client, the likelihood of success, the responsibility for advanced costs, the amount of involvement of the referring attorney, and the point in the case at which our firm has been retained or associated. We pay referrals and share fees in brain injury, auto accident, catastrophic injury, construction site injuries, and truck collisions.
We collaborate with referring attorneys to ensure that the fee division or referral fee is equitable and appropriately compensates for the efforts made, risks undertaken, time invested, potential losses, and advanced costs associated with each individual case. There's no universal agreement; instead, the fee amount or percentage is customized to suit the specific circumstances of the case. Factors taken into consideration include the case's magnitude, complexity, negotiated client fee, probability of success, advanced costs responsibility, level of involvement of the referring attorney, and the stage of our firm's engagement. We compensate referrals and share fees in cases involving brain injury, auto accidents, catastrophic injuries, construction site incidents, and truck collisions.
California Rule Of Professional Conduct 2-200 Financial Arrangements Among Lawyers
(A) A member shall not divide a fee for legal services with a lawyer who is not a partner of, associate of, or shareholder with the member unless:
The client has consented in writing thereto after a full disclosure has been made in writing that a division of fees will be made and the terms of such division; and the total fee charged by all lawyers is not increased solely by reason of the provision for division of fees and is not unconscionable as that term is defined in rule 4-200.
(B) Except as permitted in paragraph (A) of this rule or rule 2-300, a member shall not compensate, give, or promise anything of value to any lawyer for the purpose of recommending or securing employment of the member or the member’s law firm by a client, or as a reward for having made a recommendation resulting in employment of the member or the member’s law firm by a client. A member’s offering of or giving a gift or gratuity to any lawyer who has made a recommendation resulting in the employment of the member or the member’s law firm shall not of itself violate this rule, provided that the gift or gratuity was not offered in consideration of any promise, agreement, or understanding that such a gift or gratuity would be forthcoming or that referrals would be made or encouraged in the future.