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Law Practice,
Civil Litigation

Mar. 24, 2020

Panel reverses OC judge in $8.2M attorney fee dispute

At the conclusion of the case in 2018, Superior Court Judge Ronald L. Bauer ruled Reeves and his clients couldn’t claim attorney fees because there was no clear prevailing party.

A state Court of Appeal panel unanimously reversed an Orange County Superior Court judge's ruling that attorneys representing shareholders in a years-long court battle could not recover more than $8.2 million in fees.

Jeffrey H. Reeves, a senior attorney at Theodora Oringher PC, represented the majority shareholders of Bio-Nutritional Research Group, which makes Powercrunch bars, in a lawsuit brought by minority shareholders who wan...

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