Alex,

Believe me: I definitely take your asking me if I'm an economist as a compliment. (It's when people ask me if I'm a lawyer that I sometimes take offense!)

It's been a pleasure having you at Point of Law over the last week for this featured discussion. I'm sure our readers found it interesting and gained new perspectives on contingency fees and empirical research in law and economics. As I said at the outset, the work you and Eric Helland have done is extremely thoughtful and offers a great deal of leadership to the debate over legal reform. I hope our readers will check out Judge and Jury and get a picture of the entirety of your outstanding research to date.

Thanks -- and I look forward to continuing these discussions going forward.

Jim