Why refer to Cukjati Law?

Your client stays your client

You keep the relationship. We work the matter, you stay informed at each substantive development, and we do not solicit your client’s other legal work.

The referral is documented under Rule 1.04(f) of the Texas Disciplinary Rules, which means your client consents in writing after being told who is sharing the fee and how.

A straight answer on fit

If we conclude a case is not viable, we say so and explain why, while you still have time to place it elsewhere or close it out. That answer is often useful in itself.

We are selective, and we would rather decline a matter than take it and let it sit.

Fees in writing, paid on disbursement

Every arrangement is memorialized in writing before we begin. The division is either in proportion to the services each firm performs or on assumption of joint responsibility, as Rule 1.04(f) requires.

Referral fees are paid on disbursement rather than when it is convenient. The firm has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in co-counsel and referral fees.

Built for serious injury litigation

We are a small firm by design and carry a limited number of matters at a time, which is the opposite of a high-volume sign-and-send practice.

Jacob Cukjati manages the injury docket and is your point of contact. Curtis Cukjati has tried Texas civil cases since 1989 and holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Trey Martin has litigated complex civil matters in Texas for more than thirty years. That bench is why a referred case can be tried rather than settled at whatever the carrier offers.

Three ways to work together

Refer it, and we take the matter start to finish for a referral fee under Rule 1.04(f).

Co-counsel it, and we divide the work at the outset according to what each firm is best placed to do.

Or keep it and use us behind the scenes on strategy, expert selection, briefing or trial preparation. Firms that refer once often choose a different arrangement the second time.

What happens after you refer a case

The steps are the same whether you send the file or call first.

• You submit the case or call Jacob.
• We run conflicts and review fit, then come back with an initial view.
• If we take it, referral or co-counsel terms are documented before work begins.
• You stay informed as agreed, through resolution.

Common questions