CONSUMER LAW RESOURCES

UNITED STATES CONSUMER LAW ATTORNEY FEE SURVEY REPORT – NEWEST EDITION

The US Consumer Law Attorney Fee Survey Report publishes the most recent results of the ongoing attorney fee survey and study conducted nationwide of Consumer Law attorneys and Attorney Fee decisions by courts in the United States and US Territories.

The US Bankruptcy Law Survey Report publishes the most recent results of the ongoing attorney fee study conducted nationwide of Bankruptcy Law attorneys and attorney fee decisions by courts in the United States and US Territories.

Attorneys in every state and the U.S. Territories took part in this national survey of Consumer Law attorneys and their law practice economics. Actual court case decisions are included in the database too. The results of this exhaustive and peer reviewed survey continues the trend of being the most comprehensive since this continuous research work began in 1999.

This Survey Report publishes the results of the United States Consumer Law Attorney Fee Survey for 2017-2018. This Survey Report continues to be the only national survey of Consumer Law practitioners in the United States. Since the first Survey Report was published in 2000 the Survey Report has been used in more than 46 jurisdictions, including state and federal courts, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Labor, and the American Arbitration Association to determine reasonable attorney fee rates across the United States.

 The Consumer Law Survey Report provides data analyses for the entire United States, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and 157 greater metropolitan areas. From Cape Coral, Florida to Eugene, Oregon, from San Diego, California to Hartford, Connecticut, and points in between, this survey provides hourly rates for attorneys and paralegals, average years in practice, and additional practice information, with a Table of Authorities updated to September 10, 2019.

The data published here will help the bench, the bar, and attorneys everywhere to understand the economics of practicing law in the Consumer Law field nationally.

In deciding a contested attorney fee motion in a fee-shifting case, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox ruled that the U.S. Consumer Law Attorney Fee Survey Report was more persuasive than the National Law Journal’s fee survey and the U.S. Attorney’s Laffey Matrix in Consumer Law cases. LaFountain, Jr v. Paul Benton Motors of North Carolina, LLC, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 121631, 2010 WL 4457057 (E.D. NC, Nov. 5, 2010).

Click Here for the PDF e-book version of the Consumer Law Survey Report. 

Click Here for the PDF e-book version of the Consumer Law Bankruptcy Survey Report.

Updated Interim Attorney Fee Survey Reports Available When updated survey data results are needed before the next national survey report is published, we can provide interim survey reports on state and metropolitan areas upon request. An example is the 116 page Seattle Greater Metropolitan Area Consumer Law Attorney Fee Survey Interim Report 2019-2020, published June 1, 2020, and which can be downloaded by clicking here.

RECOVERING ATTORNEY FEES IN A CONSUMER LAW CASE: 14 FACTORS WHICH MAY DEGRADE ATTORNEY FEE AWARDS

An analysis of the 14 factors most often considered by Courts in determining attorney fee awards in shifting cases. Click Here for the PDF