I bet a lot of people don't realize that they themselves can bring some Attorney fees down on certain cases. For example in a bodily injury case if it is a serious injury which can result in a large settlement or jury verdict (And thus a big contingency fee) you can shop around to various Attorneys to take the case. They are mainly concerned with the size of the fee and won't want to lose out on it for a few percent. See if they will handle it for say 20% or 25% instead or the usual 33% or more especially a great deal of the work is done by their secretaries or paralegals anyway
Just don't let the contingency fee be a primary guide to selecting counsel. The difference between the size of a settlement/award or whether there is any recovery at all is much greater than the differences among the contingency fees. Most attorneys have a sliding scale like 33% on anything up to $1 million, 20% for the next four million, etc.
