About
Grant Stiefel is an attorney, testifying fee expert, and legal fee auditor who has reviewed and audited more than $1 billion in fees. He has been described as "one of the foremost experts in the country" whose "experience is impressive." (Hon. Eric M. Epstein, Thomas v. Security Industry Specialists, Inc.) The world's leading law firms turn to Mr. Stiefel for his clear, concise and effective trial testimony and expert fee analysis.
Mr. Stiefel has testified as a fee expert on more than 150 occasions in state and federal court, JAMS/AAA arbitrations, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, State Bar court, and attorney-client fee arbitrations
Because he uses a consistent methodology and data sources, Mr. Stiefel routinely testifies on behalf of both fee-seeking and fee-opposing parties, and his conclusions and recommendations have been favorably cited in numerous court orders and opinions
Mr. Stiefel was a successful trial lawyer for more than a decade at two of the world's largest law firms (Akin Gump and K&L Gates) and has obtained favorable verdicts at jury trials, in addition to managing complex, multi-jurisdictional and high-stakes litigation worth billions of dollars