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BRAD MALAMUD
2340 South El Camino Real Suite 1
San Clemente, California 92672
EXPERIENCE
1995 - present
President & Sole Shareholder
Legal Cost Consultants, Inc.
San Clemente, California
Legal cost containment and audit legal fee audit services. Construction Defect and Complex Litigation Accounting services. Designer of software utilized to analyze legal billing and to track complex litigation expenses. Expert testimony.
- 1991 - 1995
Attorney - Of Counsel
Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard
Los Angeles, California
President
Legal Cost Control, Inc.
Los Angeles, California
Attorney in private practice at:
Cooper, Brown & Scharf
Levinson & Lieberman
Lillick, McHose & Charles
Kaplan, Livingston, Goodwin, Berkowitz & Selvin
ARBITRATOR
1985 - 1993
American Arbitration Association
LECTURER
February 2005 - San Diego
Construction Defect Managers Conference
January 20, 1998 - Los Angeles, CA
October 9, 1996 - Santa Monica, CA
October 8, 1996 - Los Angeles, CA
January 21, 1995 - San Diego, CA
October 1994 - Los Angeles, CA
Continuing Education Seminars
June 1993 - San Diego, CA
Workers Compensation Defense Attorneys Convention
May 1993 - Columbus, OH
Charter Property & Casualty Underwriters Seminar
Liability Claims Managers Conferences
Property Loss Managers Conference
1992 - Atlanta, GA
1993 - San Antonio, TX
Southern California Adjusters Association
1992 - Los Angeles, CA
PUBLISHING
August 1997 - Self Published Pamphlet
"Legal Fee Audits - Case Law on Legal Billing & Sample Billing Guidelines
October 1995 - Defense Counsel Journal - Vol. 62, No 4
"How Times Have Changed: A Systematic Approach to Legal Billing"
June 1994 - Law Office Computing
"Charging for Technology"
April 1992 - Orange County Business Journal
"Getting the Most out of your Legal Expertise"
EDUCATION
1979 New York University School of Law - LL.M. in Taxation
1977 University of California Hastings College of the Law - J.D.
1974 University of California at Berkeley - B.S. Accounting
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Kemper National Insurance Company Farmers Insurance Company The Travelers Insurance Company American States Insurance Company American International Group, Inc. U.S. Capital Insurance Company Insurance Company of the West Fireman's Fund Insurance Company CIGNA Insurance Company CNA Insurance Company Employers Reinsurance Company Golden Eagle Insurance Company Zenith Insurance Company Associated International Ins. Company Carl Warren & Company United National Insurance Company Ohio Casualty Insurance Company Scottsdale Insurance Company Aetna Insurance Company AIGCS Insurance Company Alpine Insurance Company Wausau Insurance Company London Underwriters Lloyds of London Maryland Casualty Insurance Company Brocklehursts, Inc The Vons Companies, Inc. National Education Corporation, Inc. The County of San Bernardino
The City of Bell Gardens Argonaut Insurance Company Union Bank of California Industrial Risk Insurers
SIGNIFICANT MATTERS AUDITED
Coverage litigation exceeding $14,000,000 for law firm's fees.
Patent litigation exceeding $3,000,000.
Accountant malpractice litigation exceeding $5,000,000.
Intellectual property litigation with exceeding $4,000,000.
Civil rights matter exceeding $7,500,000.
Fee review for the State of California resulting in savings of over $4,000,000.
Fee review in a prisoners' rights case in excess of $5,000,000.
Exxon Valdez litigation. Reviewed over $110,000,000 in legal fees for B.P.
Environmental litigation with legal fees for 6 law firms in excess of $12,000,000.
Hillblom Estate. Reviewed legal billing exceeding $25,000,000 for estate attorneys.
EXPERT WITNESS
Cotton Brothers Baking Company, Inc. v. Industrial Risk Insurers
- 1992 Provided declaration regarding reasonable attorneys' fees.
- Childcraft, Inc. v. American Motorist Insurance Company
- 1993 Testified as expert for insurer for two days at trial.
- 1995 Designated expert for the law firm. Alemeda No. H-181096-5.
1995-1996 Designated expert for the law firm.
Continental Casualty Company v. Hamachi
1995-1998 Testified as expert in fee arbitration for Hamachi, et al.
Casmalia Resources v. Fireman's Fund
- 1996 Testified as expert in Section 2860 Arbitration in Los Angeles.
- Classic Corporation v. American National Watermattress Corp
- 1996 Designated expert for the insurer.
- Sun-Maid Growers of California v. American Motorists Insurance Company
- 1992-1997 Designated expert in fee dispute.
- The Villas at Eastlake Shores HOA v. Century American Corp.
- 1996-1997 Testified as expert in Superior Court in San Diego.
- April, 1997 Testified as expert for Union Bank.
May, 1997 Testified as an expert in disputed billing by divorce attorney.
Miller v. Adams, Duque & Hazeltine
- May, 1997 Designated expert in dispute over billing in civil litigation.
- Yaeger Securities v. Hughes, Hubbard & Reed
May, 1997 Designated expert.
Hughes v. Argonaut, CNA, et al.
- July, 1997 Designated expert.
- November, 1997 Testified as an expert.
- Armed Forces Insurance v. C. W. Reese Company
- January, 1998 Testified by affidavit.
- September, 1999 Deposed as expert. Case settled prior to trial.
- Barratt America v. Continental Insurance Co.
- December, 1999 Designated expert in construction defect.
- Hughes v. Continental Insurance Co.
- June, 2001 Designated expert in construction defect. Case settled.
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