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