The National Association of Legal Fees Analysis (NALFA), which has its own website and an excellent fee blog, is hosting its 2013 Attorney Fee Conference at the San Francisco Bar Association on October 25, 2013.
The 2013 conference includes 20 panelists and 3 current/past judges, including Hon. Richard Kramer (San Francisco Superior Court--Complex Civil Litigation Division); Hon. William F. Downes (former U.S. District Judge, D. Wyo., and current JAMS neutral); and Hon. Cruz Reynoso (former Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court and, earlier, Associate Justice of the Third District Court of Appeal and now a Professor of Law Emeritus at UC Davis School of Law).
Here are some of the conference topics:
1. Managing Outside Legal Spending;
2. Corporate Law Department Management;
3. Navigating Fee Disputes--Courts versus ADR;
4. Tips and Tactics for California’s Mandatory Fee Arbitration Program;
5. Economics of Attorney Fee Awards;
6. Economic and Non-Economic Factors in Attorney Fee Awards;
7. Complex Attorney Fees Issues in Class Action Settlements;
8. Fee Motion Practice in Complex Multi-Million Dollar Fee Applications; and
9. Proving Attorney Fees and Importance of Experts.
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