When attorneys become expert witnesses

Attorneys in the Wal-Mart break-time class action appeared in a Philadelphia Common Pleas courtroom Tuesday to debate the plaintiffs' request for counsel fees totaling more than $46 million. Among the fees-related expert witnesses called to the stand by the retail giant during the hearing was Ralph Wellington, chairman of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis. Wellington who oversees his firm's billing structure, was Wal-Mart's expert on the reasonableness of class counsel's rates.

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