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California Courts of Appeal

Oct. 14, 2011

Panel skeptical of firm's bid to collect attorney fees from former clerk

A state appellate court seemed sympathetic Wednesday to a lawyer who was hit with a $120,000 attorney fee bill after losing a wage-and-hour case against his former law firm.


By Laura Ernde


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court seemed sympathetic Wednesday to a lawyer hit with a $120,000 attorney fee bill after losing a wage-and-hour case against his former law firm.


Matthew Zelasko-Barrett sued Brayton Purcell LLP for unpaid overtime he put in while clerking at the firm before he passed the State Bar.


But in August, the 1st District Court of Appeal ruled in a case of first i...

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