Im on pace to settle between $8-10M this year ($2.7-3M in fees) as pre-lit personal injury attorney, 10 years out, 1 year into new firm, Base $90k, 3% commission, I should clear $175k-$180k this year with benefits and 4% matching IRA, we have 55 employees at the firm, is it unreasonable to be wanting to clear $200k a year? $225k a reach? Don’t want to be unreasonable having only been here a year?

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If you don't want to litigate and actually go to trial, you're at about the top end. Other option is to start your own practice - then worry about bringing in business, managing staff, and paying for more overhead than people realize.

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This is a pretty standard compensation deal for a pre-lit attorney. Do you have any transparency on how you compare to other attorneys?

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Yeah I just settled a commercial case for $1.57M prelit - gnarly accident, but majority of my cases are $25k-$250k

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How many of those cases/fees have you brought in yourself?

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You should at least be getting a higher commission percentage for those fees you are originating! No less than 10-15%

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I’ll hire you at my firm to run prelit and pay you more!

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