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Settlement disbursement calculator

Estimate the net to your client. Default is a 33% contingency after case costs, then liens. Switch to 25% pre-filing or 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.

After case costs

Of the gross

Contingency rate

25% pre-filing

33% after filing

Gross settlement

$

Attorney fee

%

Case costs & expenses

$

Total liens

$

Disbursement

Gross settlement
Case costs
Attorney fee
Case costs
Liens
Net to client

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Calculator FAQs

Is this legal or financial advice?

No. It is an estimate so you can sanity-check a retainer. CaseLumen can persist the real waterfall on the case file once you start a trial.

Why 25% and 33%?

Those are a common personal-injury split — 25% if the case settles before filing, 33% after. They are a starting point, not a legal cap. Type any other percent in Attorney fee.

Fee after costs vs of the gross?

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

Do you store these numbers?

Not until you ask us to email the estimate. Until then the math stays in your browser.

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