Expert Witnesses on High-Stakes Attorney Fee Disputes

But we get inquiries from attorneys asking us where they can find an expert of attorney fees to testify. The National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA) is an organization of such experts. We are not expert witnesses, so we don't belong to NALFA, but we do recommend NALFA as an association of quality experts on attorney fees and legal billing.  We suggest you start there on your quest for an expert on the reasonableness of attorney fees. Because of past performance of their experts, NALFA is an A.M. Best's Recommended Expert Service Provider on attorneys' fees.

Contact The National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA) to get a recommendation and introduction to qualified fee experts for your high-stakes attorney fee disputes. (Contact information at bottom of this page.)

It takes more than a good attorney, with a good handbook, to win an attorney fee dispute in any hith-stakes attorney fee dispute. Legal fee disputes in high-stakes, or large, or complex, cases have special demands and pressures not found in more routine lawsuits. You need experienced experts with a sophisticated understanding who can produce a sophisticated and supportable analysis. Read The Expert Failed the Daubert Test – The Consequences, By Leonard Bucklin, Civil Trial Attorney.

Your fees expert expert must be able to provide expert opinions on, among other issues:

• Reasonable, Prevailing Hourly Rates
• Reasonableness of Hours Billed
• Amount At Stake in the Underlying Case vs. Amount of Legal Fees Spent 
• Novel, Complex, or Unusual Legal Issues in the Underlying Case
• Skill, Experience of the Law Firm and Persons Billing Time.

For more information visit www.thenalfa.org . The National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA) 27 N Wacker Drive, Suite 196 - Chicago, Illinois 60606,

Or, if you contact NALFA at 312-532-2818, they can arrange a no-charge 30-minute case consultation with one of their fee experts.