I don’t make the rules. But I think it is well-documented that anytime an attorney is asked a numbers question, they are required to respond with “I didn’t go to law school to do math!” [Insert hearty chuckle here]. Cheesy lawyer jokes aside, the 2019 amendments to the No-Fault Act have essentially required both plaintiff and defense attorneys to become glorified accountants – albeit in the most basic sense. Drafting spreadsheets, calculating Fee Schedule rates, and…FIFO? Tha

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