Law Practice
Jun. 20, 2014
Appeals court reverses $7.8M unpaid legal fees verdict awarded to divorce attorney
The 2nd District Court of Appeal wrote in a lengthy, published opinion Wednesday that a jury should not have inflated lawyer Hillel Chodos' hourly rate by five to reach the hefty judgment.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A state appeals court Wednesday reversed a $7.8 million award of unpaid attorney fees to a Los Angeles lawyer, finding that a lower court should not have allowed a jury to multiply the lawyer's $1,000 hourly rate by five.
Such a multiplier - often used to reward an attorney who assumes risk by taking on a case that furthers the public interest - did not apply to this dispute, which stemmed from ...
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