For cases involving injuries at work and workers’ compensation claims, our experienced workers’ compensation attorneys charge a contingency fee.  Our contingency fee will be 1/4 (or 25%) of the total amount of award our workers’ compensation lawyers in North Carolina recover for your injury at the initial hearing. If we are not successful in obtaining any money or award for your case, you will not owe our trial attorneys a fee for their time and work on your case.

Separate from the contingency fee are costs and expenses.  You will be responsible for paying our firm’s costs and expenses for your case whether or not we are successful obtaining any money or award in your case.

The employment and discrimination disputes and legal issues that come up in life don’t always fit into defined categories. It is our discrimination lawyers’ goal to be transparent and honest with you at every step along the way, and we can promise that there will be no hidden costs associated with our services. If it is a case that we can help with, our employment attorneys will typically charge one of these types of fees:

North Carolina Discrimination Claims Fees
For most discrimination cases, our fee varies by the status of your claim and what work you want us to do on your behalf. Normally our fee involves an upfront retainer along with a contingency fee. Contact our office for more specific pricing information or a free case evaluation.

North Carolina Wage and Hour Claims Fees
For most wage and hour cases, our fee varies by the status of your claim and what work you want us to do on your behalf. Normally our fee involves an upfront retainer along with a contingency fee. Contact our office for more specific pricing information or a free case evaluation.

North Carolina Severance Negotiations Fees
For most severance negotiations and wrongful termination, which may also involve aspects of discrimination and wage and hour claims, our fee varies by the status of your claim and what work you want us to do on your behalf. Normally our fee involves an upfront retainer along with a contingency fee. Contact our office for more specific pricing information or a free case evaluation.

North Carolina Wrongful Termination Fees
For most wrongful termination claims, which may also involve aspects of discrimination and wage and hour claims, our fee varies by the status of your claim and what work you want us to do on your behalf. Normally our fee involves an upfront retainer along with a contingency fee. Contact our office for more specific pricing information or a free case evaluation.

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We know that descriptions of our services include legal terms that not everyone understands. If you have questions how retainers, hourly fees, and contingency fees work, we explain those below:

Retainer
A flat fee is a one-time fee that is paid for our legal services. It is paid upfront before we start, and it pays for us to do a certain amount of legal work that we discuss, define, and agree upon before we start. If our employment attorneys have to buy or pay for something in order to build your case and prove what happened, those are costs and expenses are not included in the flat fee, and you would pay them separately.

Hourly Fee
Just like it sounds, an hourly fee is a fee where you pay per hour for our legal work. If our discrimination lawyers in Raleigh, NC agree to do any hourly work for you, usually a small retainer is required up front to get us started, and then you will receive a bill (every month if it is over a period of time) that shows an itemized breakdown of the time we spend working on your case. In most cases, our hourly rate is $300.00 per hour, and we bill in 15 minute increments (meaning if we work for 1.5 hours that means your bill would be $300.00 x 1.5 = $450.00). If our discrimination attorneys have to buy or pay for something in order to build your case and prove what happened, those are costs and expenses are not included in the hourly fee, and you would pay them separately.

Contingency Fee
A contingency fee is a fee that is paid only if money is awarded in your case. If money is awarded, either through a settlement or verdict, our discrimination attorneys in Raleigh, NC will get a percentage of the total amount that is recovered. Our contingency fee for most cases is between 1/3 and 40%. If our employment lawyers have to buy or pay for something in order to build your case and prove what happened, those are costs and expenses are not included in the contingency fee, and you would pay them separately.

We have extensive experience serving as local counsel in North Carolina for national risk management counsel, coordinating counsel, general counsel, and litigation counsel based in other states. Given our regular appearances before judges and courts throughout North Carolina and our experience with local rules of procedure and practice, our firm is ideally situated for whatever local counsel needs you may have.

Our lawyers are admitted to practice before all North Carolina State Courts, the North Carolina Business Court, and federal courts in the Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts of North Carolina. Whether its an association so you can make a special attorney appearance in North Carolina’s federal courts or so you can appear pro hoc vice in North Carolina state courts, we can help.

As part of our commitment to upfront and transparent pricing, our typical fee for serving as local counsel is $300.00 per hour. However, please contact us to discuss your case and potential needs so we can address whether an hourly rate, flat fee, or contingency fee makes more sense for your case.

We accept cash, checks, money orders, and credit cards. For your convenience, you can pay in person, by mail, or online. We also may be able to accept other forms of electronic payment (Venmo, PayPal, etc), which we can address in your individual case if you’re interested.