Cooper & Bruning

At Cooper and Bruning LLP, we are a nationally recognized expert in Attorney Fee Dispute resolution, which is our flagship practice area. Our partners, Brand Cooper and Robert Bruning, have collectively over 50 years of experience in handling attorney fee review, audit, and dispute matters. We have a team geared toward the efficient and accurate analysis of legal fee claims, and have developed a national practice in this area.

Our Experience

Our partners have more than 40 years of providing personalized quality legal services to a wide spectrum of clients consisting of Fortune 500 companies, insurance carriers, governmental entities, small businesses, individuals, and law firms. We have a wide range of experience in civil litigation including numerous practice areas such as intellectual property, real estate, tort, civil rights, contractual and partnership disputes, legal malpractice, insurance coverage, bad faith, public agency, and municipal utility representation. It is this experience that allows us to evaluate the performance and charges of other lawyers from a fair and balanced perspective.

Our Services

We offer a range of services, including Attorney Fee Dispute Resolution, Business Litigation, and Business Transactions. In the area of Attorney Fee Dispute Resolution, we have reviewed and analyzed countless legal matters, including legal charges totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. We have achieved outstanding results for our clients and have assisted in the savings and procurement of literally millions of dollars. We have been retained to provide expert testimony in opposition to and in support of attorney fee claims and petitions in state and federal courts, bankruptcy courts, and in mediations and arbitrations.

In Business Litigation, we have substantial experience in handling a wide variety of civil and commercial litigation disputes. Our partners have been involved in numerous practice areas, including intellectual property, real estate, tort, civil rights, contractual and partnership disputes, legal malpractice, insurance coverage, bad faith, public agency, and municipal utility representation.

In Business Transactions, we have substantial experience in contract drafting, review, analysis, and interpretation. Our partners have worked with clients to draft and review contracts, and have assisted in the negotiation and resolution of contractual disputes.

What Distinguishes Us?

What distinguishes our expertise from others is that our partners have actual litigation and transactional experience. We combine this experience with computer-assisted technology to carefully and thoroughly review and analyze legal charges. We evaluate the nature and extent of the lawyers' work product and services performed against the analyzed and categorized legal charges billed. Our goal is to provide an objective and meaningful evaluation so that a determination can be made of what is reasonable, necessary, and properly allocable to the client.