California Courts of Appeal
Jun. 10, 2014
State appeals court questions attorney's inflated fee award
The 2nd District Court of Appeal on Friday seemed unconvinced that a jury should have multiplied Los Angeles lawyer Hillel Chodos' hourly rate by five for a verdict in a dispute stemming from a divorce case.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court on Friday appeared unconvinced that a jury should have enhanced an award for unpaid attorney fees by multiplying the lawyer's hourly rate by five.
Fee multipliers have traditionally been used to reward attorneys for winning certain exceptional cases in order to further the public interest. Here, the dispute itself is over unpaid attorney fees, stemming from a...
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