CaseLumen
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Settlement disbursement calculator

Estimate the net to your client. Default is California medical-malpractice style: 33% after filing (25% if it settles first), taken after case costs, then liens. Switch to a fee on the gross if that is how the retainer reads.

Case figures
Fee basis

After costs: fee is a percent of the settlement remaining once expenses come off. Of the gross: fee is a percent of the full settlement, then costs.

Contingency rate
Disbursement
Gross settlement
Case costs
Attorney fee
Liens
Net to client
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