American Bar Association
Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section
Report on Contingent Fees
In Medical Malpractice
Litigation
September 20, 2004
Prepared by the Task Force on Contingent Fees
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James K. Carroll
Partner, Fowler, Rodriguez, Chalos, Flint, Gray, McCoy, O'Connor,
Sullivan & Carroll, LLP
New Orleans, Louisiana
(TIPS Chair, 2004-05)
Linda A. Klein
Partner, Gambrell & Stolz, LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
(TIPS Chair 2003-04)
Steven B. Lesser
Shareholder, Becker & Poliakoff, P.A.
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
(Task Force Chair)
Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section
Task Force on Contingent Fees
Steven B. Lesser (chair), Shareholder, Becker & Poliakoff, P.A.,
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Edward R. Blumberg, President, Deutsch & Blumberg, P.A., Miami, Florida
Janice P. Brown, Principal, Brown Law Group, San Diego, California
Michael V. Ciresi, Partner and Chairman, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Thomas A. Demetrio, Partner, Corboy & Demetrio, LLP, Chicago, Illinois
Lewis H. Goldfarb, Partner, Hogan & Hartson, LLP, New York, New York
Kim D. Hogrefe, Attorney and Managing Director, Chubb & Son,
Warren, New Jersey
Michael S. Hull, General Counsel, Texas Alliance for Patient Access;
Partner, Hull Henricks & MacRae, LLP, Austin, Texas
Perry K. Huntington, Attorney and Senior Vice President, AIG Technical
Services, Inc., New York, New York
Robert Johnson, Senior Counsel, McDonald’s Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
Daniel M. Klein, Partner, Buckley & Klein, LLP. Atlanta, Georgia
Marc S. Moller, Partner, Kreindler & Kreindler, LLP, New York, New York
Professor Charles M. Silver, University of Texas Law School, Austin, Texas
Professor Patrick E. Longan, Mercer Law School, Macon, Georgia (reporter)
Professor D. Christopher Wells, Mercer Law School, Macon, Georgia
(reporter)
* Task Force members Messrs. Ciresi, Goldfarb and Hull did not participate
in drafting or voting on this Report. All other voting members actively
participated in drafting and voted to approve this Report, except Mr.
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