When a litigant hires a contingency attorney, she essentially sells a percentage of her case to an attorney in exchange for the attorney’s time working on the case. And if the case fails, then the contingency attorney gets nothing.
With legal funding, a litigant sells a small percentage of her case in exchange for money, which is usually used to pay for expenses related to physical, economic or emotional injuries related to the underlying lawsuit.
You can search your local directory listing for contingency attorneys, for legal funding, you can check out LegalFundingCentral.com.