The Devil's Advocate

Established in 1993, The Devil's Advocate is the leading authority on legal fees. Our clients include major corporations, government agencies, law firms, insurance companies, and anyone else who pays substantial legal fees, needs to examine the reasonableness of legal fees, or wishes to analyze litigation. We are nationally-recognized for our legal fee management and litigation consulting expertise.

We receive many complaints from individuals about their lawyers and legal bills -- too many for us to help everyone personally. Anyone is welcome to browse our site for helpful information. We do have links on this website to other resources, including state bar organizations that are supposed to regulate lawyers. Follow this link for more information.

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 More information

Devil's Advocate brings the perspective of experienced trial lawyers to legal fee analysis and litigation management.

Our services include:
- legal bill reviews and audits,
- 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. We are not owned by nor are we affiliated with any other entity.
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.

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