Appellate Practice
Jan. 6, 2011
It Gets Tricky
Challenging a fee award just got a little trickier.
Gary A. Watt
Partner, Hanson Bridgett LLP
State Bar Approved, Certified Appellate Specialist
Email: gwatt@hansonbridgett.com
Gary chairs Hanson Bridgett's Appellate Practice. He is a State Bar-approved, certified appellate specialist. In addition to writs and appeals, his practice includes anti-SLAPP and post-trial motions as well as trial and appellate consulting. His blog posts can be read at www.appellateinsight.com.
So the client is on the wrong end of a judgment. And at the very end of the judgment, the court says the other side "shall recover...attorney fees and costs of suit." The judgment is entered and notice of entry is served. Counsel timely files the notice of appeal, stating that appellant also challenges the fee award.
To save the client some record preparation costs, counsel designates an appellant's appendix and starts drafting the opening brief. Meanwhile, in the trial court, th...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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