On December 19, 2012, James Wagstaffe will testify as an expert on the reasonableness of attorneys’ fees sought by creditors in an adversary proceeding pending in United States Bankruptcy Court, in the matter of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy and Spiller McProud v. CWS Enterprises, Inc., Adv. Proc. No.: 10-02226-C (Bankr. E.D. Cal.) Mr. Wagstaffe has been retained by the Chapter 11 trustee of CWS Enterprises. Inc. to provide an expert opinion as to the reasonable value of services performed by prior counsel in a corporate dissolution proceeding.

Mr. Wagstaffe has developed an expertise on the subject of attorneys’ fees and reasonable billing practices over the last 20 years. He has served as an expert on numerous occasions in state and federal court, at the trial level and on appeal, for the purpose of evaluating the propriety of legal bills, the governing hourly rates in particular cases and in particular geographical locations, and the reasonableness of attorneys’ fees in general.