Case law

Although legal auditors are not engaged in the practice of law, they must be familiar with the case law surrounding reasonable attorney's fees and their opinions should be supported by law. When auditing legal bills to assess the reasonableness, some of the issues that Accountability Services reviews are: Exercise of Billing Judgment Billing Methodology Reasonableness of Time Expenditures Staffing Issues Management Style Billing Rates Other Issues that Effect Legal Fees, such as travel time, clerical and administrative tasks and internal conferences Appropriateness of Disbursements Set forth below is some of the case law involving exercise of billing judgment and billing methodology. This material is for general information purposes only and it is not offered as legal advice. Case law for other issues regarding reasonable legal fees will be posted periodically, so please visit our web site again.