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Mar. 10, 2009

As Layoffs Accelerate, Expect Ranks of Contract Lawyers to Swell

More competent, experienced attorneys are likely to turn to contract work.

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By Ken Moscaret

When I testified in the Enron case in Houston federal court in 2008 as a lodestar/reasonableness fee expert, there was a contested issue regarding lead counsel's use of contract attorneys in that case. The federal judge in Enron ultimately made a judicial finding regarding contract attorneys that business litigators in other large, legally complex cases may find helpful.

Enron was one of the largest, most high...

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