attorney s fees attorneys fees

• In re Adoption of Bruner, (Ohio 2006)

Attorney fees; paralegal; adoption; hearing; reasonableness. Attorney's fees include any fees generated by non-attorneys working on a case for a client as long as the non-attorney's fees are clearly and directly traceable to the work performed for a particular client.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Attorney-Parent Not Entitled to Legal Fees in Idea Case

An attorney who represented his own child in a dispute with the Pittsford Central School District cannot receive attorney's fees, ruled the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In S.N. by her parents and natural guardians, J.N. and K.N. v. Pittsford Central School District, et al., the Second Circuit found the reasons behind not awarding fees for pro se representation by attorneys under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act also applied to parent-attorney representation under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

• Daily Record (Rochester, NY)
• July 07, 2006

• Gilson v. Windows & Doors Showcase, L.L.C., (Ohio 2006)

Trial court's denial of appellant's motion for summary judgment is affirmed. Jury verdict awarding compensatory and punitive damages and determining that appellees are entitled to attorneys fees is reversed. Trial court's order as to amount of attorney fees, pre-judgment interest and post-judgment interest is reversed.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Bryan Keith Harris, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John Marhoefer; County of San Bernardino, Defendants, and Brian Alvarez, Individually and as a Deputy Sheriff, Defendant-Appellee. Bryan Keith Harris, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Marhoefer; County of San Bernardino, Defendants, and Brian Alvarez, Individually and as a Deputy Sheriff, Defendant-Appellant., 24 F.3d 16 (9th Cir. 1994)

...Harris then sought attorney's fees. The district court awarded attorney's fees after ... a reduced award in its "Order on Attorneys' Fees and Costs," entered September 24, 1992:. 325...

• Federal Circuits

• Arbitration and attorneys' fees issues: an attorney's and arbitrator's viewpoint.

Increasingly, our judicial system is being used to untangle the problems of society. For an aggrieved party the idea of uttering a final statement, "I...

• Florida Bar Journal
• Vol. 72 Nbr. 10, November 1998

• Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U. S. (2010)

... Ree’s unopposed motion for attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), whic... are awarded to prevailing parties’ attorneys. Held: A §2412(d)(1)(A) attorney’s fees award i...

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Md. Court of Special Appeals: Attorneys' Fees

Joy Friolo's latest appeal on attorneys' fees did more than just establish a formula for determining her degree of success. In its Sept. 7 decision, the Court of Special Appeals said the Montgomery County Circuit Court made four mistakes last year that shortchanged Friolo's attorney, Leizer Z. Goldsmith, of nearly $38,000 in attorney's fees.

• The Daily Record (Baltimore)
• September 25, 2011

• Arlington Central School Dist. Bd. of Ed. v. Murphy, 548 U. S. (2006)

... son's private school tuition, they sought fees for services rendered by an educational consultant... permits a court to "award reasonable attorneys' fees as part of the costs" to prevailing parents,...

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Kansas City Attorneys File Motion for Attorney's Fees in Melissa Howard Case

Kansas City attorneys in a successful $2.1 million employment discrimination lawsuit are seeking more than $225,000 in fees. Mark Jess, who represented Melissa Howard, filed a motion April 23 to collect attorney's fees from the city of Kansas City. Howard, a Clay County prosecutor, had alleged that the city council did not hire her for a municipal judgeship because they wanted a minority candidate.

• Daily Record and the Kansas City Daily News-Press
• April 30, 2008

• Attorney's fees.

..."In reviewing Sorensen's request for 'attorneys' fees," 'Wilson wrote in a footnote, "I stumbled i...

• Arkansas Business
• February 13, 2012