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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.

Licenses and Certifications

J.D., University of San Diego Law School | B.A., Political Science, California State Polytechnic University — Pomona | Certification in Corporate Storytelling from California International Business University

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Years in Practice

Number of Time Deposed/Testified in the Last Four Years

Additional Information

Jacqueline S. Vinaccia is a California trial attorney with an expertise in legal fee analysis and audits. She has represented clients through litigation, and dozens of successful arbitration awards, trial verdicts (both bench and jury trials), and appeals in business litigation, insurance coverage, construction disputes, toxic torts, real estate litigation, municipal litigation, general liability litigation.