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Representation is provided on a "no collection, no fee" (i.e., contingency) basis but this is not always a strict "percentage of recovery" basis. Under Federal Law an employee suing for unpaid overtime wages or minimum wages is entitled to an award of attorney's fees in addition to an award of their unpaid wages. In certain States employees suing for unpaid wages may also be entitled to an award of attorney's fees under State Law. This means if a case is taken to Court and the Court directs a judgment for the worker attorney's fees will be determined by the Court and entered against the employer as a separate judgment. Generally, retainers used by the Law Office of Leon Greenberg specify that the client shall, in the event of a settlement, pay the attorney a set percentage of the net recovery (this can vary, it is typically one-third, 33.33%, of the net amount collected for the client). In the event that the client's case goes to trial, and attorney's fees are awarded by the Court, or a separate payment of attorney's fees is negotiated as part of a settlement, this percentage fee is reduced in part or in full by the attorney's fees awarded by the Court or paid through the settlement. The exact formula used to reduce the percentage attorney's fee that is charged when attorney's fees are awarded or paid by a settlement will be specified when the representation begins. In certain instances because of the size of the attorney's fee award the client will pay no percentage fee. Nevada Court Rules require that all attorneys advertising that they accept clients on a contingency basis also advise potential clients of the following: " You may have to pay the opposing party's attorney's
fees and costs in the event of a This statement is provided because the Law Office of Leon Greenberg is extremely scrupulous about complying with all applicable Court Rules and providing its clients with the highest level of professional service (many attorneys in Nevada who advertise that they accept clients on a contingency fee basis fail to abide by this Court Rule). In the over ten years that Leon Greenberg has been in practice he has handled hundreds of lawsuits for workers owed unpaid wages. In not a single one of those lawsuits has one of his clients lost their case and been charged with the attorney's fees or costs of the defendants. While, in theory, the above statement is correct (it is possible that a worker suing for unpaid wages could lose his case and have a judgment entered against him for an employer's Court costs and/or attorney's fees) such an event is extremely rare. The Law Office of Leon Greenberg strives to only accept strong, meritorious (winning) cases and does not believe any potential client with a good case should be deterred from bringing a lawsuit by the very remote (and perhaps almost non-existent) possibility of losing their case and being charged with an employer's attorney's fees and/or costs. You can discuss this issue further with Leon Greenberg in detail if you wish. Under certain circumstances awards of "liquidated damages" may be obtained for employees who were denied the proper payment of overtime wages, minimum wages or other wages. Liquidated damages can be awarded in an amount equal to the amount of the employee's unpaid wages. This means that it is possible for an employee to collect up to double the amount of the unpaid wages he is owed. It is also illegal in New York, and in certain situations under Federal Law, and in certain other States, for an employer to discharge or retaliate against any employee who makes a claim or complaint about unpaid wages, unpaid minimum wages or unpaid overtime wages. This protection may also include situations where the employee was, in fact, wrong about his claim and he is not owed any wages
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