FAQ
- Do you charge to speak with one of your lawyers?
- I don’t have money to pay a lawyer, Can You Still Help Me?
- What does Contingency Fee Basis mean?
- How Can I Apply To Be Considered Your Client?
- I Submitted The Case Evaluation Form, What Should I Expect Next?
- What Should I Expect During The Free Initial Telephone Intake?
- I left a voicemail to schedule a free telephone intake and have not received a call back within 24 hours, What Should I do?
- What Are Some Factors You Consider In Accepting Cases?
- I have been fired from my job, what should I do?
- I think I am going to be fired soon, what should I do?
- I have been sexually harassed at work, what should I do?
- My employer is not paying me for all my hours spent working, what can I do?
- Why Should I file A Class Action?
1. Do you charge to speak with one of your lawyers?
No Charge for Intake. New potential clients are required to go through the intake process with a legal assistant before being able to speak with a lawyer. The Intake will be reviewed by a lawyer and there will be no charge for the intake time with the legal assistant and the review of the intake by the lawyer.
To begin the intake process, new potential clients are required to submit the short and free Case Evaluation Form through our website, or e-mail us a short summary of your case to info@gallenberglaw.com or provide the basic details over a short telephone intake by calling us at (818) 237-5267. You must include the names of the people/companies you are trying to sue in order to be considered as a new client. This information will be kept confidential.
If during the intake process, it appears that this might be a case we are interested in accepting, then we may either provide a telephone meeting with a lawyer or an in-person meeting with a lawyer or inform you we will be accepting your case. Once we agree to take your case, we will send you a legal services agreement as soon as possible whereby once signed by all the parties we become your attorney.
During the intake process, we can determine if this is a case where a free consultation with the lawyer is applicable or if an attorney fee is required. If for example, you are calling about a type of case outside our area of practice, we will not schedule a consultation with one of our lawyers, but will try to give you a referral. Similarly, if you are calling about a case where there is no potential for recovery and therefore need help on a hourly basis, then the consultation with a lawyer will carry a fee.
Because we do not charge for the intake process, there is a high number of callers seeking our services. Because of this, and because our lawyers are busy handling current client matters, you must undergo the intake process first before speaking with a lawyer.
Simply going through the intake does not guarantee that you will speak with a lawyer as services are provided on a first come first serve basis and subject to the availability of the lawyer. We look forward to hearing from you.
2. I don’t have money to pay a lawyer, Can You Still Help Me?
3. What does Contingency Fee Basis mean?
The best way to understand what contingency fee means is by first understanding the traditional way lawyers are paid. Traditionally, lawyers charge an hourly rate for their services, these hourly rates range anywhere from $250 to $1,000 per hour per lawyer. Under the traditional model, lawyers charge an advanced retainer for several thousands of dollars to cover the hourly lawyer rates and costs of the lawsuit etc. In other words, in a traditional structure, lawyers get paid a retainer in advance for their time and any costs associated with the case. If the bill or retainer is not paid, the lawyer then stops working for the client. However, many people cannot afford to pay lawyers’ hourly rates, costs and advance retainers.
Taking a case on a contingency fee basis means that the attorney will work and in some cases also advance the costs on behalf of the client and thereby takes the economic risk and burden without a guarantee of a payment. In a contingency fee case, the attorneys will only be paid if the client obtains a recovery (via settlement/trial/arbitration etc.). In this arrangement, the attorney will be paid a portion of the recovery (i.e. contingency fee), the portion is disclosed to the client in the legal services agreement and it is based on several factors including the stage of the case and complexity of the matter, including the number of defendants at issue. If the client does not obtain a recovery, the client will not pay our office any attorney fees . Because we work on a contingency fee basis, we can only accept cases against Defendants that have the economic means to pay for a judgment.
4. How Can I Apply To Be Considered Your Client?
The fastest way to be considered is through the submission of the Case Evaluation Form through our website, or by e-mailing us a summary of your case to info@gallenberglaw.com or provide the basic details over a telephone intake. You must include the names of the people/companies you are trying to sue in order to be considered as a new client.
5. I Submitted The Case Evaluation Form, What Should I Expect Next?
6. What Should I Expect During The Free Initial Telephone Intake?
7. I left a voicemail to schedule a free telephone intake and have not received a call back within 24 hours, What Should I do?
Calling multiple times, simply delays the process. It may be that there was a problem with the voicemail you left such as bad reception which prevented us from hearing your return phone number, or perhaps you did not leave a return phone number. In some situations, we are too busy returning other calls. If you have not heard back from us within one week, we suggest you e-mail us about your case or submit the Case Evaluation Form, as this is the fastest way for us to communicate with you clearly and efficiently.
Lastly, you must leave your voicemail on the new client intake line to make sure your call is addressed appropriately.
8. What Are Some Factors You Consider In Accepting Cases?
9. I have been fired from my job, what should I do?
10. I think I am going to be fired soon, what should I do?
11. I have been sexually harassed at work, what should I do?
12. My employer is not paying me for all my hours spent working, what can I do?
13. Why Should I file A Class Action?
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