You can always fire your attorney at any point. However, in an auto accident case where the attorney's fees is likely contingent on a recovery, if you discharge him after having put work into the case, your discharged attorney is still entitled to a percentage of the recovery based on the work he had already put into this case. This can make it more problematic for another attorney to want to jump in the middle now knowing that your new attorney's fee will likely be disputed by the prior attorney.
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Answered on Aug 18th, 2012 at 10:59 AM