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NALFA 2013: A Year in Review

January 9, 2014 | Posted in : Fee Award, Fee Award Factors, Fee Dispute, Fee Jurisprudence, Fee Request, NALFA News, Study / Report

NALFA was formed in 2008.  Since then, NALFA and its members have been leaders in advancing the attorney fee dispute practice area in the U.S.  Here is a list of some of NALFA's accomplishments in 2013:

28 law firm clients (fee-seeking or fee-challenging) contacted NALFA on fee dispute cases ranging from $150,000-$4.3 million.  Cases were referred to NALFA members.

NALFA filed an Amicus Curiae Brief in the Louisiana Supreme Court in the landmark ADA case, Covington v. McNeese State University.

NALFA Introduces Best Practices for the Attorney Fee Practice Area.

NALFA’s Attorney Fees Blog reported on important fee requests, fee awards, fee disputes, and fee jurisprudence throughout the U.S.

NALFA identifies 18 Attorney Fee Award Factors.

NALFA starts pilot project on attorney fee statistics in MDL cases.

Several media outlets (The American Lawyer, Star Tribune, National Law Journal, Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal, Thomson Reuters, and Law 360) relied on NALFA for information on large fee requests and fee awards.

NALFA hosted all-day Attorney Fees Conference with 20 panelists, including 3 judges, in San Francisco.  Thomson Reuters and The Daily Journal covered the conference.