NALFA WELCOMES KPC LEGAL AUDIT SERVICES
Since 1985, the law firm of Knapp, Petersen & Clarke has been actively engaged in the auditing of legal and other professional billings and consulting with companies to control legal expenditures. Their auditors are qualified as expert witnesses and provide testimony in fee arbitration and trials throughout the country. In 1991, the firm formed KPC Legal Audit Services, Inc. (KPC Legal Audit).
KPC Legal Audit has audited bills of most of the major law firms and hundreds of other law firms in California. They have extensive audit experience with firms throughout the country, as well as internationally. They have performed thousands of audits involving several billion dollars in legal and other professional billings. KPC Legal Audit consults with general counsel, as well as corporate boards, to develop and implement systems for control of outside legal expenditures. They conduct seminars and workshops for clients, organizations, government entities, and others on legal cost containment and the effective use of legal counsel.
KPC Legal Audit has specific procedures and standards which allow for the efficient and complete analysis of legal billings. These procedures incorporate the individual review of legal invoices, as well as an understanding of applicable legal guidelines. KPC Legal Audit has created and customized an audit database to allow for detailed analysis of legal fees and costs and compilation of relevant information. Both summary information from invoices and information derived from their auditors' detailed analysis is compiled and input into the database. The detailed analysis and breakdown of billing statements allows for scrutiny on a variety of levels dealing with issues relevant to each specific matter.
The President of KPC Legal Audit is Andre E. Jardini. He has over 30 years of experience as a lawyer and has been actively involved in auditing legal bills since 1985. He has tried and arbitrated numerous cases in which the predominant issue involved was the reasonableness of attorney fees and costs. He frequently serves as a consultant and expert witness on the reasonableness of attorneys' fees. In addition to Mr. Jardini, KPC Legal Audit is fully staffed with attorneys, auditors and assistants auditors with a combined total of over 60 years of audit experience.