Specialists in Attorney Fee Disputes and the Evaluation of the Performance and Charges of Lawyers
Mr. Cooper and Mr. Bruning each have more than thirty years of providing personalized quality legal services to clients consisting of Fortune 500 companies, insurance carriers, governmental entities, small businesses, individuals, and law firms in their representation of a wide spectrum of their clients. Mr. Cooper and Mr. Bruning have been retained by clients and law firms throughout the United States to assist them in their review and control of litigation, to provide as needed in-house counsel assistance and to resolve litigation efficiently.
Over the years the firm has distinguished itself in numerous practice areas having handled a broad range of legal matters including intellectual property, real estate, tort, contractual and partnership disputes, legal malpractice, insurance coverage, bad faith litigation, utility litigation, bankruptcy and business transactions. It is this experience that allows the firm to evaluate the performance and charges of other lawyers from a fair and balanced perspective.
Brand Cooper is a nationally recognized expert in attorney fee dispute resolution which is the firm’s flagship practice area. Mr. Cooper developed this expertise over the last 20 years beginning at a point in time when this specialty was in its infancy. Since the early eighties, Mr. Cooper and Mr. Bruning have collectively reviewed and analyzed thousands of legal matters including legal charges totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. In the course of their work in this specialty, Mr. Cooper and Mr. Bruning have achieved outstanding results for their clients and have assisted in the savings and procurement of literally millions of dollars. The firm has been retained to provide expert testimony in opposition to and in support of attorney fee claims and petitions in state and federal courts, bankruptcy courts and in mediations and arbitrations.
As practicing lawyers, Mr. Cooper and Mr. Bruning specialize in Insurance Coverage, Business Litigation, Intellectual Property transactions including Computer Software Licensing and Utility Litigation. The firm's Bankruptcy work is handled by Peter Leeson, an experienced attorney, of counsel to the firm, whose practice over the last nine years has predominately focused on bankruptcies, debtor and creditor rights, workouts, reorganizations, restructurings, and complex bankruptcy related litigation.
What distinguishes our firm from so many others is our recognition that when an attorney charges by the hour the legal actions taken and their financial cost may not be aligned with the financial interests of the client and often do not produce an actual successful outcome.
