Billable Hours Speakers' Bureau--By Area of Expertise
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Alternative
Billing
James Calloway
OBA Management Assistance Program
Oklahoma Bar Association
1901 N. Lincoln Blvd.
P.O Box 53036
Oklahoma City, OK 73152-3036
Phone: 405/416-7008
Fax: 405/416-7001
jimc@okbar.org
Areas of expertise: Billing and alternative billing; co-author, Winning
Alternatives to the Billable Hour: Strategies That Work, Second
Edition, ABA Section of Law Practice Management, Fall 2002.
Alfred
P. Carlton, Jr., ABA President
Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP
3737 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 400
Raleigh, NC 27612
Phone: 312/988.5192 (Lauren Uritus, Scheduler)
Fax: 312/988.5100
uritusla@staff.abanet.org
Areas of expertise: Alternative billing methods.
Arthur G. Greene (Committee Liaison)
Dewhurst & Greene, P.L.L.C.
4 Bell Hill Road
Bedford, NH 03110-5426
Phone 603/471-9110
Fax: 603/471-9188
arthurgreene@prodigy.net
Areas of expertise: Implementing alternative billing methods; meeting
financial challenges in the law office and preparing lawyers for the
future.
Carl
Leonard
Hildebrandt International
44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2520
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: 415/956-9191
Fax: 415/956-4690
caleonard@hildebrandt.com
Areas of expertise: Alternative pricing methods (generally from the law
firm point of view).
Charles E. McCallum
Warner Norcross & Judd LLP
900 Fifth Third Center
111 Lyon St. NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone: 616/752-2104
Fax: 616/222-2104
mccallce@wnj.com
Areas of expertise: Alternative billing methods in connection with
partnering.
Rees
W. Morrison (Committee Member)
Law Department Management Group
Hildebrandt International
17 David Drive, Randolph, NJ 07869.
Phone: 973/361.9676
Fax: 973/361.9710
rwmorrison@hildebrandt.com
Areas of expertise: Alternatives/pros and cons to hourly billing; how
law departments view law firm billing and what they would like to see;
competitive bidding and proposals; inside-outside counsel relations;
and outsourcing.
Ronald F. Pol
President, Corporate Lawyers' Association NZ
Corporate Counsel, Telecom New Zealand
P.O. Box 570
Wellington, New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 498 9478
Fax: +64 4 473 5926
ronald.pol@telecom.co.nz
Areas of expertise: Billing and alternative billing; Author of various
articles including Seven steps to value-added legal services, The Ideal
External Lawyer, Capabilities of Effective In-house Counsel, Indicators
of Quality: QCs and Laureates; The Efficient Resolution of Commercial
Disputes; Removing Hidden Legal Costs.
Mark Robertson
Robertson & Williams
3033 NW 63rd St., Suite 200
Oklahoma City, OK 73116-3607
Phone: 405/848-1944
Fax: 405/843-6707
marobert@robertsonwilliams.com
Areas of expertise: Co-author, 2nd Edition, Win-Win Billing Strategies,
ABA Section of Law Practice Management, Fall 2002; frequent lecturer on
law office management issues including alternative billing strategies.
Reid Trautz
District of Columbia Bar
Director, Lawyer Practice Assistance
1250 H Street NW, Floor 6
Washington, DC 20005-3952
Phone: 202/737-4700
Fax: 202/824-1862
rtrautz@dcbar.org
Areas of expertise: Enhancing client value; billing and alternative
billing; contributing author, Flying Solo: A Survival Guide for the
Solo Lawyer, Third Edition (ABA, 2001); Co-author, "How to Get Paid,
Law Practice Management Magazine, January/February 2001.
Steven M. Weinberg
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
2375 East Camelback Road, Suite 700
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Phone: 602/445.8376
Fax: 602/445.8100
weinbergs@gtlaw.com
Areas of expertise: Alternative billing methods relating to
intellectual property, information technology, biotechnology,
advertising/marketing and entertainment.
Anne
C. Weisberg
Catalyst
Director, Advisory Services
120 Wall Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Phone: (212) 514-7600
Fax: (212) 514-8470
weisberg@catalystwomen.org
Areas of expertise: Effect on Quality of life, Strategic productivity,
Law department leadership and management, outside counsel partnering
programs.
Peter
D. Zeughauser (Committee Member)
Zeughauser Group
537 Newport Center Drive, Suite 311
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Phone: 949/760-6800
Fax: 949/760-0123
zeughauser@zeughausergroup.com
Areas of expertise: Consulting with law firms and corporate law
departments on the structuring of win-win pricing arrangements other
than the hourly rate; identifying and aligning the interests of clients
and law firms and allocating the risk of cost overruns and unfavorable
results between them (Peter has published and spoken widely on this
subject and technique.)
Ethics
Ann
Yvonne Walker
Wilson Sonsini et al
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1011
Phone: 650/493.9300
Fax: 650/493.6811
awalker@wsgr.com
Areas of expertise: Immediate Past Chair, ABA Business Law Section
Committee on Lawyer Business Ethics (The Committee prepared a report in
1998 on Business and Ethics Implications of Alternative Billing
Practices: Report on Alternative Billing Arrangements).
General
Issues/Negative Effects
Ida O. Abbott
6114 LaSalle Avenue, #634
Oakland, CA 94611
Phone: 510/339.6883
Fax: 510/339.6985
IdaAbbott@aol.com
Kevin M. Fong
Pillsbury Winthrop LLP
50 Fremont Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415/983.1270
Fax: 415/983.1200
kfong@pillsburywinthrop.com
Areas of expertise: Hypothetical scenarios of law firm economics;
quality of life; minority attorney issues.
Susan
Saab Fortney
Professor, Texas Tech University School of Law
1802 Hartford Avenue
Lubbock, TX 79409-0004
Phone: 806/742.3990
Fax: 806/742.0251
susan.fortney@ttu.edu
Areas of expertise: The effects of billable hour expectations and firm
culture on associates and partners; ethics and malpractice issues
related to the billable hours; author, Soul for Sale: An Empirical
Study of Associate Satisfaction, Law Firm Culture, and the Effects of
Billable Hour Requirements, University of Missouri-Kansas City School
of Law Law Review (Winter 2000).
Victor
P. Henderson
Holland & Knight, LLP
Suite 800
55 West Monroe
Chicago, IL 60603-5144
Phone: 312/578.6522
Fax: 312/578.6666
vhenders@hklaw.com
Areas of expertise: Former Director, Chicago Committee on Minorities in
Large Law Firms; maintains a trial practice at Holland & Knight;
formerly with Coopers and Lybrand.
Muzette Hill
Group Leader, Governmental Affairs Practice
Ford Motor Credit Company
1 American Road
Dearborn, MI 48121
Phone: 313/322.7635
Fax: 313/337.1160
mhill25@ford.com
Areas of expertise: Large law firm billing issues: as billing partner
and as principle defense coordinating counsel for insurance company
clients, negotiating fee and billing arrangements. In-house billing
issues: as practice group leader in assistant General Counsel capacity.
Transition of practice issues: in making the move from outside counsel
to in-house counsel; capturing time and capturing value added. Minority
attorney issues: Immediate Past Chair of the Ford Motor Company Legal
Office Local Diversity Council and a member of Ford's Outside Minority
Counsel Committee.
Robert
E. Hirshon, ABA Immediate Past President
Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon
P.O. Box 9781
245 Commercial Street
Portland, ME 04104-5081
Phone: 312/988.5176 (Bill Pritchard, Scheduler)
Fax: 312/988.5100
pritchab@staff.abanet.org
Areas of expertise: Impact of billable hours on the profession, i.e.,
quality of life, pro bono, lawyer/client relationships, increase in
legal salaries.
Paul W. Lee
Goodwin Proctor LLP
Exchange Place
Boston, MA 02109-2803
Phone: 617/570.1590
Fax: 617/523.1231
plee@goodwinprocter.com
Areas of expertise: General topics relating to billable hours; former
member, ABA Board of Governors.
David B. Wilkins
Professor of Law and Director, Program
on the Legal Profession
Harvard Law School
Hauser Hall 312
1575 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617/495-0958
Fax: 617/496-4947
dwilkins@law.harvard.edu
Areas of expertise: Teaching and scholarship on issues relating to the
legal profession with an emphasis on the changing institutions,
demographics and norms of legal practice; minority attorney issues.
Partnering/Leadership
and Management
Debra
Snider
(Independent consultant, speaker and writer)
835 Central Avenue
Wilmette, IL 60091
Phone: 847/256-2699 or 312/282-7954
Areas of expertise: Strategic productivity, law department leadership
and management, outside counsel partnering programs.
Partnering/Alternative
Billing
Michael
Roster (Committee Member)
Golden West Financial Corporation
1901 Harrison Street, 17th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: 510/446-3401
Fax: 510/446-4530
mroster988@worldsavings.com
Areas of expertise: Outsourcing and partnering; alternative approaches
to the billable hour.
Thomas L. Sager
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel
DuPont Company
Legal D7038-3
1007 Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19898
Phone: 302/774.3017
Fax: 302/773.4679
thomas.l.sager@usa.dupont.com
Areas of expertise: Alternative billing arrangements and partnering.
Effect
of Billable Hours on Pro Bono
John
J. Curtin, Jr. (Committee Member)
Bingham Dana LLP
150 Federal Street, 17th Floor
Boston, MA 02110-1726
Phone: 617/951-8325
Fax: 617/951-8736
jjcurtin@bingham.com
Areas of expertise: How to enhance pro bono participation both within
and outside of the billable hour model.
Esther
F. Lardent (Committee Member)
Pro Bono Institute
Georgetown University Law School
50 F Street, NW, Suite 8300
Washington, DC 20001-1530
Phone: 202/662-9231
Fax: 202/662-9683
elardent@probonoinst.org
Areas of expertise: The impact of billable hours on pro bono; how to
enhance pro bono participation both within and outside of the billable
hour model.
Commission
on Billable Hours
Jeffrey
F. Liss (Committee Co-Chair)
Piper Rudnick, LLP
1200 19th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-2412
Phone: 202/861-3940
Fax: 202/223-2085
jeffrey.liss@piperrudnick.com
Anastasia
D. Kelly (Committee Co-Chair)
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Sears Roebuck Company
3333 Beverly Road
Hoffman Estates, IL 60179-9999
Phone: 847/286-0844
Fax: 847/286-2471
akell00@sears.com
John
J. Curtin, Jr. (Committee Member)
Bingham Dana LLP
150 Federal Street, 17th Floor
Boston, MA 02110-1726
Phone: 617/951-8325
Fax: 617/951-8736
jjcurtin@bingham.com
Dennis
Curtis (Committee Member)
Professor of Law, Yale University
127 Wall Street
Yale Station
P.O. Box 208215
New Haven, CT 06520
Phone: 203/432-2427
Fax: 203/432-1719
dennis.curtis.@yale.edu
Janet S. Kloenhamer (Committee Member)
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
777 San Marin Drive
Novato, CA 94998-0001
Phone: 415/899-3203
Fax: 415/899-2731
janet_s._kloenhamer@ffic.com
Esther
F. Lardent (Committee Member)
Pro Bono Institute
Georgetown University Law School
50 F Street, NW, Suite 8300
Washington, DC 20001-1530
Phone: 202/662-9231
Fax: 202/662-9683
elardent@probonoinst.org
Areas of expertise: The impact of billable hours on pro bono, and how
to enhance pro bono participation both within and outside of the
billable hour model.
Rees
W. Morrison (Committee Member)
Law Department Management Group
Hildebrandt International
17 David Drive, Randolph, NJ 07869.
Phone: 973/361.9676
Fax: 973/361.9710
rwmorrison@hildebrandt.com
Areas of expertise: Alternatives/pros and cons to hourly billing; how
law departments view law firm billing and what they would like to see;
competitive bidding and proposals; inside-outside counsel relations;
and outsourcing.
Mitchell
A. Orpett (Committee Member)
Tribler Orpett & Crone PC
30 N. LaSalle Street
Suite 2200
Chicago, IL 60602-2504
Phone: 312/201-6400
Fax: 312/201-6401
maorpett@tribler.com
Michael
Roster (Committee Member)
Golden West Financial Corporation
1901 Harrison Street, 17th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: 510/446-3401
Fax: 510/446-4530
mroster988@worldsavings.com
Areas of expertise: Outsourcing and partnering; alternative approaches
to the billable hour.
Peter
D. Zeughauser (Committee Member)
Zeughauser Group
537 Newport Center Drive, Suite 311
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Phone: 949/760-6800
Fax: 949/760-0123
zeughauser@zeughausergroup.com
Areas of expertise: Consulting with law firms and corporate law
departments on the structuring of win-win pricing arrangements other
than the hourly rate; identifying and aligning the interests of clients
and law firms and allocating the risk of cost overruns and unfavorable
results between them. Peter has published and spoken widely on this
subject and technique.
Jeffrey J. Snell (Committee Liaison)
253 W. Aurora
Sagamore Hills, OH 44067
Phone: 330/467-9600
Fax: 330/467-9314
jsnell1101@msn.com
Susan
Hackett (Committee Liaison)
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
American Corporate Counsel Association, Suite 200
1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036-5425
P: 202/293-4103, Ext. 318
hackett@acca.com
Areas of expertise: Corporate counsel using innovative fee
arrangements;
corporate client concerns with the billable hours system.
Kathleen
J. Hopkins (Committee Liaison)
1218 Third Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206/625-0404
Fax: 206/374-2866
khopkins@rp-lawgroup.com
Arthur
G. Greene (Committee Liaison)
Dewhurst & Greene, P.L.L.C.
4 Bell Hill Road
Bedford, NH 03110-5426
Phone 603-471-9110
Fax: 603-471-9188
arthurgreene@prodigy.net
Areas of expertise: Implementing alternative billing methods; meeting
financial challenges in the law office and preparing lawyers for the
future.
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