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Attorney's Fees as a Tool to Help Our Clients & Our Programs
Friday August 30, 2024 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Cambridge B
This highly practical session will explain how legal aid lawyers can use requests for attorney's fees to get better outcomes for our clients as well as more funding for our programs. The session will discuss why fees matter, explain the LSC rules for fee-generating cases, and highlight some fee-generating statutes common to legal aid practice. Participants will receive a template fee petition and insights into the nuts and bolts of the fee request itself.
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Elizabeth Leiserson

Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands
Elizabeth Leiserson serves as the Project Director for the Eviction Right to Counsel program and the Housing Practice Group lead at Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands. She is a Nashville native and a graduate of Yale Law School. She came to LAS after working... Read More →
Friday August 30, 2024 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Cambridge B

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