Publications

Jim Schratz has authored over 35 articles. Find below links to his three most recent and a list of all the articles.

'The Value of Trial Monitoring' - Business Insurance
How To Win a Fee Petition
Billing Guidelines
Claims Handling For Legal Work
April 1991, "Managing Insurer, Insured Conflicts of Interest by Use of Independent Counsel," American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Committee on Insurance, Mid-Year Meeting.
June 1992, "Do The Right Thing," California Lawyer
June 1992, "Resolving the Cumis Quandary: Guidelines for Reasonable Fees," Insurance Litigation Reporter
October 1992, "The Alliance Lives," Underwriters Report
October 1992, "The Need For Legal Audits," Verdict
February 1993, "Cumis Counsel's Obligation To Provide Information To The Insurance Company," American Bar Association, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, Mid-Winter Meeting
Spring 1993, "The Other Side of the Cumis Coin: The Insurer's Ability To Select Associate Defense Counsel Under Civil Code, Section 2860 (f)" (with Jon R. Mower), Western State Law Review
July 1993, "Is Your Insurance Company Doing Enough To Fight Fraud?," Risk Management
July 1993, "Why We Lost The Battle Against Insurance Fraud," Claims
September 1993, "Customer Satisfaction - The Secret Weapon in Law Firm Marketing," Washington State Bar News
October 1993, "Tactical Defenses: An Insurance Company's Guide to Working with Cumis Counsel" (with Jon R. Mower), Claims
October 1993, "Fighting Insurance Fraud Takes Persistence," Missouri Agent
Spring 1994, "Legal Auditing Makes Sense," Legal Audit Review
September 1994, "Empowering Adjusters For Creative Solutions," Best's Review
February 1995, "How To Avoid A Fee Dispute With Your Client," American Bar Association, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee (with Susan R. Brown)
February 1995, "Billing Guidelines and Fee Disputes," American Bar Association, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee
April 1995, "Claims Handling for Legal Work? Your Insurer May Be Liable for Mishandling Its Lawyers," Claims Magazine
April 1995, "Is Your Company's Insurance Firm Guilty of Litigation Mismanagement?" Claims Magazine
May 1995, "Billing Guidelines and Fee Disputes: A Case Law Review," Trial Diplomacy Journal, Volume 18, Number 3
July 1995, "How to Avoid Fee Disputes" (with Susan Brown), The Practical Litigator, Volume 6, Number 4
April 1996, "Take A Psychological Approach To Managing Legal Fees," Claims
May 1996, "Cross-Examining the Legal Auditor," The Practical Litigator, Volume 7, Number 3
August 1996, "Is your Insurance Company Liable for Claims Handling Litigation Management," Business Laws, Inc., Litigation Management
Fall 1996, "Cross-Examining a Legal Auditor," American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Volume 20:1
November 1996, "Cross-Examining a Legal Auditor," Business Laws, Inc., Law Department Management Adviser, Issue No. 152
August 1997, "The Recovery of Legal Fees and the Use of A Legal Fee Auditor in Fee-Shifting Cases" (with Susan R. Brown), Business Laws, Inc., Law Department Management Adviser
September-October 1997, "Recovering Legal Fees and using Legal Fee Auditors" (with Susan R. Brown), Trial Diplomacy Journal, Volume 20, Number 5
March 1998, "How the Legal Auditor Can Help You in the Fee-Shifting Case" (with Susan R. Brown), The Practical Litigator, Volume 9, Number 2
March/April 1998, "Strategic Inflection Points in the Legal Profession," American Journal of Trial Advocacy
April 1998, "Controlling the Uncontrollable: When Insurers Must Pay Plaintiff's Legal Fees," Commercial Claims
July 1998, "Strategic Inflection Points in the Legal Profession," Business Laws, Inc., Law Department Management Advisor
Summer 1998, "I Told You to Fire Nicholas Farber -- A Psychological and Sociological Analysis of Why Attorneys Overbill," Rutgers Law Review
April 2001, "Winning an Attorney's Fee Petition," Rhode Island Bar Journal, Volume XLIX, Number 7
May 2001, "How To Win a Fee Petition," The Practical Litigator, Volume 12, Number 3
August 2001, "How to Win a Fee Petition," The Federal Lawyer, Volume 48, Number 7
May 31, 2002, "Ballooning Costs – Avoiding Questionable Billing Practices Improves Chance of Recovering Fees," Los Angeles Daily Journal, Dicta