A recent Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS) story, “Law Firm’s Big Markup of Contract Review Fees Sparks Client Attack, US Court Scrutiny,” reported on the use of fee objectors in  In  re Citigroup Securities Litigation.  In the article, NALFA was quoted as a critic of serial fee objectors:

“Our issue with fee objectors is that they usually have an axe to grind, says Terry Jesse, executive director of the National Association of Legal Fee Analysis, in Chicago.  This is not the first time Ted Frank has objected to fees, and he has a very tangential connection to the case.”

Jesse tells ACEDS that the solution is for courts to appoint special fee masters, who can assess bills independently and objectively.