> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.holace.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Settlement Tab

> The settlement calculator and net-to-client projector — overview only; deep dive in the Medical, Damages & Settlement section.

The **Settlement** tab is the math layer over everything else. It pulls together the agreed (or projected) settlement amount, the firm's contingency fee, the costs from [Expenses](/case-management/journey-tabs/expenses), the medical bills and liens from [Damages](/case-management/journey-tabs/damages), and projects what's left for the client.

\[Screenshot: Settlement tab showing gross settlement at top, then attorney fee, expenses, liens, and net to client computed beneath]

## What's on the tab

* **Gross settlement amount** — the carrier's number
* **Attorney fee** — `gross × contingency%` (your firm's contingency from the Journey config)
* **Costs (firm-incurred)** — total billable expenses from the Expenses tab
* **Medical bills (lien-eligible)** — sum of unreduced bills
* **Lien reductions** — adjustments negotiated down with providers
* **Other deductions** — funding company payouts, third-party subrogation
* **Net to client** — what's left

The numbers update live as you change inputs — adjust the contingency %, mark a bill as paid, log a lien reduction, and the net-to-client recalculates.

## Projection vs. final

The same tab serves two phases:

* **Projection** — while still in negotiation, plug in offers to see what each one would actually mean for the client
* **Final** — once a settlement is reached, lock in the gross amount; the math becomes the basis for the [Disbursement Statement](/legal-workflow/disbursement-statement)

A toggle at the top distinguishes the two states.

## Where to go next

<Note>
  Deep dive: [Medical, Damages & Settlement → Settlement Calculator & Disbursement](/legal-workflow/settlement-calculator) covers the full math model — including how lien reductions are tracked, how PIP offsets work, and how the final disbursement gets generated and signed.
</Note>
