Law Practice
May 4, 2011
Judge Unfairly Capped Lawyer Fees
A state appellate court overturned a $540,000 attorney fees award Monday for several law firms, finding the trial judge in the case unfairly capped the attorneys at that amount after they won a real estate spat.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A state appellate court on Monday overturned a $540,000 award for attorneys fees to several law firms, finding the trial judge in the case had unfairly capped the amount owed to the lawyers after winning a real estate spat.
The 2nd District Court of Appeal found that the judge wrongly backed away from a traditional "lodestar" method in calculating reasonable attorneys fees for the law...
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