Certified Legal Specialist: Legal Malpractice Law (State Bar of California) | Certified Legal Specialist: Civil Trial Law (NBTA)

Ms. Vinaccia is a national expert witness in legal fee analysis and audits. She has assisted several business clients, large insurance companies, cities, and public agencies in resolving attorney fee issues. She has provided legal fee expert services in State and Federal Courts across the country, several of which involved several millions of dollars in fees and costs. Her analyses have been cited by the California Court of Appeal for the 4th DCA in Pulte Home Corp. v, CBR Electric, Inc. (2020) 50 Cal.App. 5th 216, US District Courts for Northern California and Western Washington, several California Superior Courts, and by various courts and arbitrators throughout the United States. She has testified in state and federal court on the issues of proper billing, and fees and costs allocation. Ms. Vinaccia is a member of the National Association of Legal Fee Analysis and named one of the Nation's Top Legal Fee Experts by that organization.

Lodestar analysis, including reasonable hourly rate, reasonable hour, and multiplier or fee enhancement analysis; State and federal fee-shifting statutes; Contractual attorney fee clauses; litigation success and prevailing party analysis; Class Action attorney fee; Attorney fee award appeals; Anti-SLAPP motion prevailing party attorney fee awards; Appellate attorney fees; Contingency fee agreements; Quantum Meruit analysis for judgment subject to multiple contingent fee agreements (e.g., due to substitution of attorney); Brandt fees; Buss fees; Insurance Carrier Billing Guideline analysis

Audits of attorney & expert invoices; Expert testimony; Consultation on legal cost containment; Training seminars & MCLE programs

Business Litigation, Intellectual Property, Commercial Law, Professional Liability, Banking.

Expert consultant/witness since 1991 re: legal fees & billing practices in complex litigation including patent/other IP litigation, insurance coverage, fee disputes, fee-shifting cases & other fee litigation; reasonableness, rates & allocation issues; legal bill & attorneys’ fees audits; oral testimony & written declarations/reports; court-appointed special master for fee analysis. Prior background: 15 years experience handling all aspects of complex litigation.