Plaintiff's side folks who do not run your own practice: how much money do you make on your % of fees on non-originated cases? If you get 5,6, 10%, what does that actually translate to at the end of the year?

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$0. The salary covers my time to work for the firm. I bring in well over 1 million in non-originated fees.

Glad to hear this perspective. Joining a PI firm with bigger cases and a larger base with potential big bonus. Seems like many others at other firms are getting a % of non originated so was not sure how common my arrangement is.

10% plus base salary and bonus

At my firm the attorneys end up getting 10%. I definitely think most of them make their money by going out and finding cases, I can tell you that much.

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