Louisiana Government Wee Bit Out of Control

[David Lockmiller]

(01-29-2023 03:22 AM)AussieMick Wrote:  Thanks very much , David. Very interesting thread.

You haven't heard the best part. Congress, in the statute provisions -- Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 USCS § 2678, limits the amount that an attorney can accept or bill a client for the necessary legal representation on a contingency fee basis to 25 percent of the compensatory damages awarded by the court. Attorney violators are subject to to a $2,000 fine and a year in prison. According to the American Bar Association, the going market rate for contingency fee arrangements is thirty-three to forty percent of the court awarded damages in none-FTCA cases. That is why many FTCA claimants must represent themselves (pro se) in court proceedings or forfeit their legitimate FTCA claims forever.