How much did you bring in in fees last year, what kinds of PI cases are you taking, and how many did you settle?

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While managing 5 attorneys, I brought in $1.4M in fees on 53 Settlements, average fees of just over $25k per case

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The firm I work for brought in 2 million in fees and there are two attorneys here. We mostly do motor vehicle accidents and a few med mal cases. We also have a few slip and fall cases here and there but not many.

Just under 2MM, general liability cases only. 70 something cases.

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