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A malpractice attorney can charge you

1. buy the hour at the attorneys determined hourly rate, and that rate can be hundreds of dollars an hour

or

2. on a contingency fee basis, expect it to be somewhere between 30% to 40%, and in rare cases up to 50% of the settlement or award

But in Illinois, you have a sliding scale.

Sliding scale fees may not exceed one third of first $150,000; 25% of next $850,000, and 20% of damages exceeding 1 million. (Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. §110. 2. 1114) Attorney may apply to the court for additional compensation under certain circumstances. (§735. 5/2. 111 4)

Probable outcomes:

1. the defendant successfully argued there case

2. the plaintiff wins an award but the defendant appeals

3. the plaintiff and defendant agree to a settlement

These are the only probable outcomes that we can predict, because we have no other information then what your telling us.
There you go, "Who's That Goy" said something useful. Illinois takes some of the trouble out of negotiating a fee with a malpractice attorney. Thanks. Your "Probable Outcomes" response qualifies you to work at Microsoft's tech support hotline, your response is accurate and completely worthless to me.