The nice thing about attorney fees in Illinois Workers’ Compensation law is that you do not have to pay anything up front to your lawyer.
Fees are limited to 20% of your recovery. To be paid at the end of the case. Or if the attorney gets your time off pay started, the lawyer can charge 20% of what is called temporary total disability.
This fee arrangement is extremely helpful to the injured worker because you do not have to come up with money when you are injured and you know exactly what percentage the lawyer will receive at the end of the case.