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Attorney's Fee

A fee a lawyer charges for legal services. Lawyers may work by the hour, for a flat fee, or may even be paid a percentage of the amount one wins in a lawsuit.

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"To get from the agreed principal amount of $75,739.91 to the confessed judgment amount of $117,500.00, attorney's fees and interest would necessarily be included in the confessed judgment.

Court lacked jurisdiction over confessed judgment

The Court of Appeals had found that Superior Court Judge Alan Thornburg improperly awarded additional attorney's fees to the attorneys who represented Keith Saunders, who suffered "debilitating injuries" to his back while on the job in 2010, before the commission on his worker's comp claim.

Judge could alter workers' comp attorney fee award

To avoid this economic bar to court access, many contracts contain a prevailing party attorney's fee clause that requires the loser to pay the winner's attorney's fees in addition to any principal damages.

OP-ED: Companies in a seasonal lull may want to review contract forms

Each plaintiff would include only the portion of the attorney's fees allocable to that plaintiff in his tax return.

Tax Consequences of Settlement and Litigation Award Payments: Determining the Correct Treatment

Octane had requested $2,486,578.50 in attorney's fees and $362,582.95 in expenses.

Federal judge awards fees in Octane case

Nevertheless, the plaintiff relied on the case because it discussed proper application of the lodestar method for calculating reasonable and necessary attorneys' fees and stated that "the award of attorney's fees generally rests in the sound discretion of the trial court." (47) But the appellate attorney located a different case analyzing a jury-determined attorneys' fee award proven through use of the lodestar method, thus demonstrating that the El Apple court's approval of the lodestar method was not the equivalent of holding that the amount of attorneys' fees is for the court to decide.

The statute, the Constitution, the caselaw, and the appellate lawyer as sleuth

McKesson sought to recoup attorney's fees spent during the decades-long pursuit.

Attorney fees

Ibawas na lang natin sa attorney's fees na binabayad-bayad ko sayo," Villa said.

Villa: Money, vehicle from Napoles part of attorney's fees

On appeal, the District argued that Abdo was only entitled to a single award of attorney's fees for all three properties because the underlying lawsuit constituted only a single appeal.

Trial court did not abuse discretion by awarding attorney fees for three separate appraisal orders that resulted from single appeal

Likewise, in the federal reporters, numerous courts have struggled to resolve the "stylistic dilemma of whether to use 'attorney fees,' 'attorneys fees,' 'attorney's fees,' or 'attorneys' fees'.

Attorney's fees

In March 2008, he filed a complaint to recover overtime compensation, damages and attorney's fees and costs.

FLSA Plaintiffs may not always recover attorney fees

section 1132(g)(1) to clarify that a court, in its discretion, may now grant a party's motion for attorney's fees when the party has achieved "some degree of success on the merits" in his or her case.

Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co.: breathing new life into claimants' ability to obtain attorney's fees under ERISA's civil enforcement provision