Independent Legal Fee Analysis
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National Association of Legal Fee Analysis
The National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA) is a non-profit professional association for the legal fee analysis field. Our members provide a range of services on attorney fees and legal billing matters. We serve as the organizing and governing body for the legal fee analysis profession.
Courts and corporations turn to us for expertise when attorney fees are at issue in large, complex cases. NALFA members are fully qualified attorney fee experts, special masters, bankruptcy fee examiners, fee dispute neutrals, and legal bill auditors.
When attorney fees are at issue in large complex litigation, our members can provide independent, objective expert fee analysis. Our members have subject matter expertise in the following substantive areas:
- Attorney Fee Award Factors & Lodestar Analysis
- Hours Billed & Billing Judgment
- Hourly Rates & Contingency Fees
- Billing Practices & Task / Timekeeper Analysis
- Litigation Management & Lawyering
- Fee Dispute Resolution & Settlement
- Attorney Fee Agreements & Billing Guidelines
- Attorney Fee Ethics & Professional Responsibility
- Fee-Shifting & Prevailing Party Issues
- Attorney Fee Entitlement & Recoverability
Our mission is to promote ethics in legal billing and reasonableness in attorney fees.
How We Help
Keeping our finger on The pulse of attorney fee data
Prevailing Rate Surveys
We survey law firms of all sizes across the country to gauge what the prevailing rates are for various types of legal work.
Annual Litigation Rate Data
Every year, we conduct surveys of market rates for civil litigation in the United States for both plaintiff and defense counsel at both the partner and associate levels.
