Alternative Fee Arrangements: Field Law has experience with a broad
range of alternative fee arrangements (AFAs), including providing legal services on a fixed fee basis for project work, fixed fees for larger portfolios of work, contingency fee arrangements, blended hourly rate and contingency fee arrangements, and blended hourly rate and performance based holdbacks.
The Firm offers a wide
range of alternative fee arrangements that work best for the unique situations in which clients find themselves.
Not exact matches
Egeland is a frequent speaker on topics
ranging from expert witness deposition strategy and employer liability and intentional tort claims to
alternative fee arrangements and matters relating to the effective and efficient practice
of law.
When it comes to intellectual property, for instance, the firm revealed that the typical IP portfolio for a client
ranged between 50 to 400 foreign and domestic filings, and that nearly one - third
of its patent work was done through
alternative fee arrangements.
Observers, including the CBA's own Envisioning Equal Justice Project, have suggested responses
ranging from strengthening the voluntary sector to greater use
of alternative dispute resolution to some form
of conditional and contingency
fee arrangements or third - party litigation funding.
The insights highlighted here address a wide
range of issues including
alternative fee arrangements, preventing waiver
of the attorney - client privilege, diversity best practices, and document retention policies.
Note: Mr. Esposito is a frequent speaker and author on a wide -
range of topics facing the legal industry, including
alternative fee arrangements, legal project management, and law firm profitability models.