Legal Cost Control

Based on our extensive database of proprietary benchmark information and a solid understanding of traditional legal practices, we reduce legal expenses by an average of 15 to 25 percent. Our process is fair, independent, cost-effective and maintains the attorney-client privilege. Once we identify which charges exceed industry standards, we will manage the negotiation and recovery of excessive fees. To institutionalize cost controls, we assist clients by installing systems and protocols that monitor billing activity to eliminate improper practices.

Our team of attorneys ensures that legal fees are billed in compliance with a client’s outside counsel guidelines. In addition, we can train your in-house auditors, create/modify your outside counsel guidelines, and, if fees are litigated, we provide expert testimony on the reasonableness of legal fees. Our services can be performed within, or outside of, any existing e-billing system.

We analyze legal bills submitted by firms and municipalities in Chapter 7, 11 or 13 litigations to identify improper billing practices.

Our experts assess, negotiate and mediate legal-fee disputes and can offer trial testimony regarding the reasonableness of legal fees, ethical standards and case law.