A Legal Bill Audit and Analysis performed by Stuart Maue is a customizable service depending on the needs of the client.

It is designed to give clients a retrospective analysis of their legal costs.

The audit is intended to identify potentially duplicate, excessive, unnecessary, inappropriate, non-compliant, non-billable and/or otherwise questionable attorney's fees and expenses. Each audit is unique and defined by the facts and circumstances surrounding the client's need for the audit.

Purpose of a Legal Bill Audit

Clients request a legal bill audit for various reasons. Stuart Maue's findings assist clients in:

• positioning themselves to effectively negotiate the recoupment of previously paid fees, going-forward credits, or other discounts(such as hourly rates decreases or freezes).
• evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of law firms for planning purposes.
• allocating costs among matters, time periods, projects, and claims (for example, assisting carrier clients with determining what constitutes a reimbursable defense cost and assessing when or if any applicable deductibles have been satisfied).
• preparing for litigation. Stuart Maue's findings often form the basis of expert witness testimony to assist the trier of fact in assessing the appropriateness of underlying legal costs.
• identifying the cause and extent of billing issues in outside counsel invoices in order to revise and improve billing policies and guidelines.

Why Stuart Maue

The professionals at Stuart Maue possess years of experience as both practicing attorneys and legal auditors. This practice allows us to deliver the most accurate, reliable, and significant findings in the legal cost review industry. We do not rely on computer based searches that can often generate limited and unreliable findings. By using attorneys in our process, we provide our clients a thorough and comprehensive analysis of their legal costs.

Stuart Maue works with a variety of organizations and individuals to analyze legal costs. Our experience includes a broad spectrum of underlying lawsuits with legal fees at issue ranging from $100,000 to in excess of $400,000,000.

For more information about Stuart Maue's Legal Bill Audit and Analysis services, call us at: 1-800-291-9940 or e-mail us at: info@smmj.com.