The National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA) has launched a new pilot project that focuses on attorney fees in MDLs.  Our objective is to work with courts to publish attorney fee award statistics in MDL cases.  “Our goal is to work with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) and U.S. District Courts to publish statistics on attorney fee awards in MDL cases.  These statistics would provide real-time attorney fee metrics on pending MDLs throughout the U.S.,” said Terry Jesse, executive director of NALFA.  “Compiling these MDL case statistics would provide a valuable tool for fee-requesting lawyers and fee-awarding judges,” Jesse said.

In addition, NALFA has created a new Special Fee Master Program to address attorney fee issues in complex federal litigation.  Attorney fee and legal billing issues can often arise in the MDL process.  From pretrial time keeping practices to post-settlement fee allocation disputes, our fee experts have the skills and expertise to resolve fee issues in an efficient manner and in line with FJC’s Manual for Complex Litigation, Fourth Edition § 14.231 (2004) and FJC’s Awarding Attorney Fees and Managing Fee Litigation, Second Edition § 4(D)(3) (2005).