Several recent mass-tort MDLs have applied a 10% assessment for common-benefit work. Lawyers report billable hours under the lodestar method for compensation. The summit will examine whether a “standard” 10% assessment is appropriate and whether court-imposed lodestar reporting is unnecessary and limits the plaintiff leadership’s flexibility to better allocate the 10% assessment.
Moderator:
- Professor Adam Hoeflich, Northwestern University, Pritzker School of Law
Speakers:
- Anne Andrews, Andrews & Thornton
- Annesley DeGaris, DeGaris Law
- Andre Mura, Gibbs Law Group LLP
- Jeffrey Koncius, JKiesel Law LLP
- Hon. Matthew Kennelly, Northern District of Illinois
- Hon. Joe Dawson, District of South Carolina
- Hon. Kristine Baker, Eastern District of Arkansas
- Hon. Freda L. Wolfson, Partner; Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Lowenstein Sandler LLP; District of New Jersey (ret.)
Time: 8:45-10:15 a.m. CT
Location: Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, 375 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
*This event is open to the public but requires a registration fee.
