We wrote the book on legal fees.

The authoritative text on legal fees & how to manage them is

  Legal Fees: Law & Management

by John Toothman & Prof. William G. Ross

published by Carolina Academic Press
also available through Barnes&Noble.com

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• Our services include:
  • legal bill reviews and audits,
  • independent litigation consulting,
  • second opinions on litigation options,
  • case post-mortems, both for legal malpractice claims or lawyer management,
  • real-time litigation monitoring,
  • law firm evaluation, selection, and auditions,
  • expert testimony, including billing disputes, ethics, and malpractice,
  • law firm billing agreements,
  • alternative fees,
  • litigation strategy and tactics audits,
  • case risk and expense evaluation, including analysis for third-parties like analysts, investors, and competitors,
  • legal fee budgets and estimates,
  • fee dispute mediation and arbitration, and
  • litigation and legal fee management training.
• Devil's Advocate and its unique services have been featured in stories by The Wall Street Journal, Bottomline, CBS Radio's Marketplace, Inc. Magazine, The Business News Network, Entrepreneur magazine, The New Jersey Law Journal, New York Post, New York Law Journal, Legal Times, Nation's Business, American Lawyer, California Lawyer, Miami Herald, Virginia Business Magazine, Of Counsel, D&B Report, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and many more publications.
• For clients without in-house legal counsel, we provide our Independent Counsel service to fill the legal management gap at a reasonable cost.
• We strive to provide cost-effective services while promoting an equitable lawyer-client relationship.
• We are independent.  We do not prejudge any legal bill or law firm.  We are not owned by nor are we affiliated with any other entity, such as an insurance company or law firm.
• Our bill reviews and audits are not based on nit-picking or arbitrary standards.
• We abide by applicable ethical rules and maintain the confidentiality of our work.
• Our services are provided nationwide.

     Since Devil's Advocate was founded in 1993, we have been the pre-eminent national authority on legal fee management.  We have also pioneered litigation consulting to monitor lawyer performance as well as cost.

     Browse our web-site for more information about our services, our experience, and samples of our work.   We've included articles by and about us.  You'll also find valuable monographs we have prepared, including the Client Bill of Rights, Managing Lawyers and Legal Fees, and our client-friendly Billing Agreement.