No Fee Guarantee

Pirkle Law Firm’s no fee guarantee means you pay nothing up front and nothing at all if we don’t recover money for your Georgia personal injury case. Our fee comes out of the settlement we negotiate – never out of your pocket. Call Pirkle Law Firm at 770.882.2200 for a free case review.

“I’ve spent 16 years watching injured people talk themselves out of calling a lawyer because they think they can’t afford one. They can. If we don’t win, they don’t owe us anything. That’s not marketing – it’s the agreement.”

— Beau T. Pirkle

What You’d Pay, Three Different Ways

Personal injury cases in Georgia get handled three ways. Here’s what each one actually costs you.

Insurance adjusters offer less to people without lawyers because they know there is no real threat of litigation. That’s why most represented claimants recover substantially more than unrepresented ones – even after the contingency fee comes out.

How a No-Fee Case Actually Works

1. You call. We listen. The consultation is free. We talk through what happened, what’s hurting, where you are in the process. No contract on the call.
2. We sign you up on contingency. If we take the case, the agreement is plain English: we work for an agreed percentage of whatever we recover. No recovery, no fee.
3. We front the case costs. Medical record requests, expert opinions, court filings, depositions – we pay for them out of pocket as the case moves. You don’t get billed.
4. We negotiate or litigate. Most cases settle. Some go further. Either way, you’re not writing us checks along the way.
5. The case resolves. Settlement funds go to our trust account. We pay medical liens, case costs, and our fee – then you get the rest with a clear line-by-line statement.
6. No recovery? We close the file. You owe nothing – not for the records we ordered, not for the hours we put in.

When the Fee Gets Paid – and What Happens If There’s No Recovery

The fee comes only at the end, only if we win. Georgia Bar rules require us to put recovery money in a trust account and pay outstanding medical liens and case costs before our percentage comes out. Every line shows on a settlement statement before money moves.

If the case doesn’t recover – no settlement, no verdict in your favor – we close the file and absorb the costs we advanced. Your medical liens are still yours to negotiate with the providers, but you don’t owe Pirkle Law Firm anything on top of that.

Why a Contingency Fee Changes How a Case Gets Worked

Removing the cost barrier isn’t the only reason this fee model matters. It changes the incentive structure. We only get paid if you do – which means our motivation lines up with yours: get the biggest possible recovery, not bill the most hours.

That’s why we push past first offers, send cases into litigation when the math says it’s worth the risk, and tell clients to wait when settling early would shortchange them. You don’t have to wonder whose side we’re on. It’s in the fee agreement.

The same incentive structure also affects which cases the firm takes. Pirkle Law Firm only accepts cases we believe can recover. If we look at the facts and tell you we won’t take the case, that itself is information – it usually means the case has a structural problem that would consume effort without producing recovery. An hourly attorney has no equivalent filter. They will take a weak case as long as you keep paying the retainer.

Pirkle Law Firm has worked under this model on more than 1,000 Georgia personal injury cases over 16+ years, recovering more than $85 million across all 159 Georgia counties. Same fee structure on every case: no recovery, no fee.

Make an appointment – Get a free first consultation and we’ll walk you through the agreement before you commit to anything.