Refer a Case

Because the split is half rather than the customary third, the 20% fee costs you far less than people assume. On a $100,000 recovery:

$100,000 recovery	33% firm, 1/3 referral	Kavanagh, 50% referral	Difference
Total attorney fee	$33,333	$20,000	—
Your referral fee	$11,111	$10,000	−$1,111
Your client nets	$66,667	$80,000	+$13,333

Before case costs and liens, which come out of the recovery in either column. Any division of fee is made under Ind. Prof. Cond. R. 1.5(e): non-exclusive, disclosed to the client in writing including each lawyer's share, with joint responsibility assumed, and the total fee reasonable. Nothing of value passes outside the fee division.

What I take

✓Auto collision, including uninsured and underinsured motorist claims
✓Premises liability, slip and fall, dog bite
✓Trucking, pedestrian and bicycle, and wrongful death arising from the above
✓Cases already opened elsewhere — the client pays one fee, and predecessor counsel's quantum meruit comes out of my 20%, not on top of it

What I refer out, and what I charge you for it: nothing

I do not handle workers' compensation, medical malpractice, or products liability. When one comes in, I send it out and I take no fee and no joint responsibility — my professional liability coverage does not extend to joint responsibility outside my declared practice areas, so there is nothing for me to claim. That is free case flow to whoever takes it.

I also refer out criminal, family, bankruptcy, immigration, and civil rights matters, which my clients need constantly and I do not touch. If you practice in any of those and want to be on that list, email me and you are on it. The traffic between our offices does not need to balance.

Submitting this generates your Co-Counsel and Referral Fee Agreement and emails it to you immediately. Matt personally reviews every referral and contacts the client within one business day.

Your Name *

Firm *

Bar Number *

Your Phone

Your Email *

Client Name *

The Case *

* I understand that by accepting a referral fee, I assume joint responsibility for this client under applicable Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC 1.5(e) or state equivalent). * I understand the client will be informed in writing of all attorneys involved and all fee divisions before any agreement is signed.

Referral received.

Your Co-Counsel and Referral Fee Agreement is on its way to your inbox. Matt will contact the client within one business day.

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Prefer to talk it through first? Call (463) 242-9212 or email matt@20percent.law. No form required to send a case.

Your client keeps $13,000 more.You give up about $1,100.

What I take

What I refer out, and what I charge you for it: nothing

Refer a case

Your client keeps $13,000 more.
You give up about $1,100.