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    Wisconsin Lawyer
    March 01, 1997

    Wisconsin Lawyer March 1997

     


    Vol. 70, No. 3, March 1997

    Holding Back the Floodtide:
    The Role of Contingent Fee Lawyers

    Cover Art: Bob Schuchman

    he only way most people can pursue a claim is by hiring a lawyer, and that most often means paying the lawyer on a contingency basis. A recent study shows that, contrary to popular fiction, lawyers typically decline more contingent fee cases than they accept; their economic health depends upon it.

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    Features


    Practicing Law in the 20th Century: The Courts and the Bar
    Grapple with Growth, Part I

    The modern history of the Wisconsin bar consists largely of how it has responded to the problems and opportunities created by growth. Full Story

    State Bar Elections '97

    In April State Bar Members will go to the polls to choose a president elect and other elected posts within the State Bar. Full Story

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