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1 Thomas E. Willging & Shannon R. Wheatman, Attorney Choice of Forum in Class Action Litigation: What Difference Does it Make 591 (2006)

handle is hein.congcourts/atchoic0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ATTORNEY CHOICE OF FORUM IN CLASS ACTION LITIGATION: WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? Thomas E. Willging* and Shannon R Wheatmant INTRODUCTION .................................................. 593 I. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS .................................... 602 A. Factors Affecting Plaintiff Attorneys' Choice of Forum ...... 602 B. Defendant and Plaintiff Attorneys' Choice of a Federal Forum Compared..... ................................... 603 C. Attorneys' General Perceptions of Judicial Predispositions (in All Cases) ....................................... 603 D. Attorneys' General Perceptions and Judicial Rulings Compared (in Removed Cases) .... .................... 605 E. Attorneys' General Perceptions and Monetary Recoveries and Settlements Compared (in Removed Cases) ................ 605 F. Attorneys' Specific Case-Based Perceptions and Judicial Rulings Compared (in Removed Cases) .................. 606 G. Judicial Rulings and Settlements (in All Cases) ............ 606 H. Attorney Fees ..................................... 607 11. FACTORS AFFECTING CHOICE OF FORUM . .................... 607 * Senior Researcher, The Federal Judicial Center. The study that generated the data in this report was originally undertaken by the Federal Judicial Center (FJC) in response to a request by the United States Judicial Conference's Advisory Committee on Civil Rules (Advisory Committee) and is in furtherance of the FJC's statutory mission to conduct and stimulate research and development for the improvement of judicial administration. Any views expressed in this Article are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Advisory Committee or the FJC. The authors extend their appreciation to other members of the Project Team at the FJC: George Cort, Vashty Gobinpersad, Tyeika Hartsfield, Andrea Henson- Armstrong, Maria Estelita Huidobro, Dean Miletich, Robert Niemic, and Robert Timothy Reagan. In addition, Gregory Stein, a candidate forJ.D. and M.B.A. degrees at the State University of New York at Buffalo, provided research assistance during the summer of 2005. t Notice Director, Hilsoft Notifications. Dr. Wheatman was a research associate at The Federal Judicial Center from 2000 to 2004. 591

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