Published completion and placement rates are averages over a denominator somebody else defined. Four people adjacent to the decision can tell you what the number leaves out.
In the first two days after a water loss, who may legally dry, cut and haul your house depends less on the industry standard than on your state and county rules.
Two lawyers can quote the same contingency percentage and hand you checks that differ by thousands, because the number they multiply is not the same number.
A composite case study in how professional writing got priced by the clock, why the deliverable fee took over, and how the math differs for one speech versus forty.
Contingency fees sound standard until you read what the percentage is multiplied by. Gross or net, costs before or after, and how the rule changes by state.