Net settlement calculator What you take home from a settlement.

This calculator takes a settlement figure you already have and shows what comes off it: the attorney fee, the case costs, the medical liens, and anything else, down to the net in your hand. It never estimates what a case is worth. Enter the offer, or the number you are weighing, and read every line.

Net settlement worksheet

Settlement amountThe offer or the agreed figure, before anything comes off. This worksheet never estimates what a case is worth.
Attorney fee percentage33.33% settled before a lawsuit and 40% settled after a lawsuit is filed are typical contingency terms. The percentage in your case is the one in your written fee agreement.
Attorney feesettlement amount x percentage
Case costsFiling fees, records, experts, and the like, advanced by the firm and repaid from the recovery. If there is no recovery, you owe no fee and no case costs.
Medical liens and unpaid billsAs they stand today. Often negotiated down before disbursement.
Other deductionsA property damage advance, a loan against the case, or anything else owed from the recovery.
Net to yousettlement, less the fee, less costs, less liens, less other deductions

Liens are often negotiated down before disbursement, so the lien line is usually the one that moves. The fee is fixed by the written fee agreement, which must state the percentage under Business and Professions Code 6147.

Liens are negotiable

Medical liens and health plan reimbursement claims are often reduced before disbursement, and that negotiation is part of the work on a case. The fee percentage does not move: it is fixed by the written fee agreement, which must state it under Business and Professions Code 6147.

General information, not legal advice. The percentages offered as choices are typical contingency terms, not a quote; the percentage in your case is the one in your signed written fee agreement. A hospital lien is governed by the Hospital Lien Act, Civil Code 3045.1 and the sections that follow it. Contacting us does not create an attorney-client relationship, which is formed only by a signed written fee agreement.