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Since 1957, New York courts have required contingent fee lawyers to file 'closing statements' that disclose settlement amounts, lawyers' fees, an accounting of expenses, and other information. This Article provides a preliminary analysis of these data for the period 2004-2013. Among this Article's findings are that settlement rates in New York state courts are very high (84%) relative to previous studies; that very few cases are resolved by dispositive motions; that litigated cases and settled cases have almost exactly the same average recovery; that median litigation expenses, other than attorney's fees, are 3% of gross recovery; that claims are disproportionately from poor neighborhoods; and that attorneys' fees are almost always one-third of net recovery, which is the maximum allowed by law., INTRODUCTION 1972 I. RETAINER AND CLOSING STATEMENTS 1972 II. SETTLEMENT RATES 1981 III. AMOUNTS RECOVERED 1985 IV. FEES AND EXPENSES 1988 V. THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF TORT CLAIMS 1989 CONCLUSION 1992 [...]

The article analysis the factors involved in the writ of certiorari granted by Supreme Court of U.S. Topics discussed include importance of attorneys, parties, lower courts, and amicus curiae in setting the agenda of the Court; analyses of the components of interest for assessing the factors responsible for certiorari; and factors that impact the likelihood of writ of certiorari success. It also mention in forma pauperis enacted for waiving of normal costs of appointment of counsel.