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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Aug. 25, 2007

Calibrating Staffing

Focus Column - By Ken Moscaret - Firms that want to stand up to insurance company claims of overbilling need to learn these key steps for defending their approach to a case.

FOCUS COLUMN

By Ken Moscaret

      Your law firm is defending a corporate client as its handpicked defense counsel in a large, complex lawsuit, with an insurance carrier paying your firm's legal bills. This is a big case, so your firm staffs it with a small core team of partners, associates and paralegals in order to divide the labor. As the defense fees climb, you begin receiving letters from the insurance carrier objecting to the ...

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