Risks, reputations and rewards : contingency fee legal practice in the United States / Herbert M. Kritzer.

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2004.

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Costs (Law) -- United States.

Lawyers -- United States.

Law offices -- United States.

1. The political economy of the American contingency fee

2. A profile of Wisconsin's contingency fee practitioners and their cases

3. Clients seeking lawyers, lawyers seeking clients: finding and screening potential cases

4. The work of the contingency fee lawyer

5. Understanding settlement negotiations

6. Cashing out the investment

7. The role of reputation in contingency fee practice

8. Conclusion: praying for justice or preying on justice?.

Includes bibliography and index.

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xiii, 334 p.