sample opposition to attorney fees

endobj /P 322 0 R /K [57] /Rotate 0 >> >> 112 0 obj /K 4 /P 9 0 R >> 393 0 R 394 0 R 395 0 R 396 0 R 397 0 R 398 0 R 399 0 R 400 0 R 401 0 R 402 0 R /P 699 0 R /S /P /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R >> endobj /Pg 13 0 R << /K [56] /Type /StructElem << endobj 9*R^+9Ni -Q\Is?5GuyI+9JM69umE|U.:g|M~8>%IHl38ZH5eh*R2MdXa#b/ /Tabs /S endobj This sample opposition to a motion for an award of attorney's fees in California is used to oppose a motion for attorney's fees after a judgment has been entered on several grounds including (1) that the amount of requested attorney's fees are excessive, (2) the motion fails to provide sufficient information and (3) the judgment entered was for >> endobj /S /P 270 0 obj endobj << (e) Legal Memoranda and Word or Page-Count Limitations. >> Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, Port Washington /S /Link 470 0 obj << << /K [18] N0BK>\~R`\=N"r;,g -*c-.h&0y?Z6b0hX Vp /Resources 575 0 R endobj /P 9 0 R /S /Span 367 0 obj Proc., 425.16 (c) ("a prevailing defendant on [an anti-SLAPP motion] shall be entitled to recover his or her attorney's fees and costs."); Cal. /Type /StructElem endobj Counsel for the parties are hereby ordered to comply as follows: 1. 315 0 R 316 0 R 54 0 R 55 0 R 56 0 R 57 0 R 58 0 R 59 0 R 60 0 R 61 0 R /P 632 0 R 438 0 obj >> /S /Span endstream /Type /StructElem /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R endobj >> As one court held, the defendants fees may provide the best available comparable standard to measure the reasonableness of plaintiffs expenditures in litigating the issues of the case. Chicago Profl Sports Ltd. Pship v. Natl Basketball Assn, 1996 WL 66111, at *3 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 13, 1996). /Type /StructElem 27 0 obj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /K [644 0 R 310 0 R] (7`F(7`uIDa_F,m^ chM(6O42/2ek2ze)4zD0C 4Oc << /S /Span 126 0 obj /P 9 0 R endobj << /S /Span << << /Group 566 0 R /Pg 29 0 R endobj /P 670 0 R << endobj /Rotate 0 /Rotate 0 /Annots [] /Type /StructElem /S /P /P 9 0 R endobj /P 700 0 R /K [1] /K [4] /ActualText ( ) /Pg 27 0 R /Pg 30 0 R /K 5 /Type /StructElem /S /Span >> /Pg 29 0 R << >> >> /Type /StructElem /Type /StructElem /P 633 0 R /Pg 18 0 R /K [14] /K 7 /K [0] >> << >> /Type /StructElem /Type /StructElem 411 0 obj 338 0 obj 211 0 obj /P 9 0 R << /Type /StructElem application/pdf /Type /StructElem /Length 707 0 R /S /Span /Pg 32 0 R << /K 16 /Filter /FlateDecode endobj /Pg 22 0 R << 185 0 obj << << << /K 17 /Pg 31 0 R /Pg 18 0 R >> /ActualText (-) See, e.g., Henson v. Columbus Bank & Tr. endobj /Pg 23 0 R /P 658 0 R 407 0 obj /K [1] /S /P << endobj >> /Pg 20 0 R endobj >> This Court agrees, and reduces the fees outlined above by $10,876. 457 0 obj /K [5] /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] >> /P 235 0 R 130 0 obj /Pg 30 0 R /Pg 23 0 R /S /P /K [1] /K [26] endobj /Pg 17 0 R /S /Span /Pg 13 0 R >> /K [30] /P 9 0 R 301 0 obj endobj /S /H1 /DA (/Helv 0 Tf 0 g ) /Rotate 0 >> /P 38 0 R /K [35] /Type /StructElem /Type /StructElem >> << /K [24] endobj /S /H1 >> /Type /StructElem /Pg 24 0 R /K [48] 202 0 obj endobj 361 0 obj /S /Span 258 0 obj endobj /P 9 0 R endobj endobj /S /P >> << /Pg 23 0 R /S /P /Parent 6 0 R << /S /P >> /P 9 0 R /S /Span /Pg 30 0 R 318 0 obj /K [4] /P 39 0 R endobj /S /Span endobj endobj /Group 489 0 R 101 0 obj /S /Span Zmhmhjmr tb`t 'Z ! <> 0000000945 00000 n /P 619 0 R 233 0 R 234 0 R 235 0 R 236 0 R 237 0 R 238 0 R 239 0 R 240 0 R 241 0 R 242 0 R] /S /H2 endobj 296 0 obj endobj /Pg 31 0 R /Pg 30 0 R 49 0 obj 256 0 obj >> /Parent 6 0 R 269 0 obj /StructParents 25 /Type /StructElem 268 0 obj >> << >> << /K [1] /Tabs /S /P 106 0 R 164 0 obj /Pg 14 0 R /S /P >> 392 0 obj /Creator <4D6963726F736F6674AE20576F72642032303133> The opposition should be served by personal service or overnight mail under the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure section 1005. 259 0 obj >> 412 0 obj <]>> /Type /StructElem /K [33] /Type /StructElem /Tabs /S /S /Span /P 9 0 R 41 0 obj endobj /Pg 17 0 R /Type /StructElem 454 0 obj /S /Span /S /P << /S /P >> /K [21] /Helv 703 0 R endobj The author is a freelance paralegal that has worked in California and Federal litigation since 1995. endobj ] >> /S /P >> /Type /Page 281 0 obj /Pg 18 0 R /K 19 >> /P 9 0 R << /K 4 stream endobj /S /P /K [45] /K 8 /P 9 0 R /Parent 6 0 R endobj /P 9 0 R >> /Pg 13 0 R >> /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /P 684 0 R << /S /Span endobj 194 0 obj << endobj /Resources 590 0 R /S /P << /S /H1 /Type /StructElem /Pg 14 0 R /K [14] endobj /S /P 7 0 obj /P 192 0 R <> >> /K [1] /Type /StructElem /Type /StructElem 290 0 obj << /Contents [582 0 R 583 0 R 584 0 R] >> /S /P 56 0 obj /K [22] >> 439 0 obj /Resources 488 0 R 430 0 obj /S /Span /Type /StructElem >> /P 607 0 R endobj /K [2] /S /P << endobj /K [14] 307 0 obj The Alaska appellate court has reviewed enhanced attorney's fees awards for unreasonableness and bad faith when, for example, claims lacked any evidentiary support, were fraudulent from inception, or were clearly brought with the intent to harass. << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P 286 0 obj 421 0 obj /P 9 0 R A minority of courts go the other way, holding that what an objecting party paid in attorney fees to defend a case is not relevant on the issue of whether what the plaintiff paid to prosecute the case is reasonable. endobj 482 0 obj << 143 0 obj /S /Link /Pg 14 0 R >> endobj /S /P << /S /Footnote 87 0 R 87 0 R 87 0 R 87 0 R 87 0 R 87 0 R 87 0 R 87 0 R 87 0 R 87 0 R << 294 0 obj /K [1] 183 0 obj 78 0 obj 241 0 obj 86 0 obj /P 679 0 R /Type /StructElem /Type /StructElem /S /P A well known California legal treatise has stated that Code of Civil Procedure 1033(a) is a cost-shifting statute designed to encourage a plaintiff to pursue litigation in the appropriate forum, and to deter the plaintiff from exaggerating the value of a case. /P 9 0 R 309 0 obj /K [0] 182 0 obj /P 9 0 R /Pg 29 0 R /S /P /K [466 0 R 467 0 R 468 0 R 469 0 R 470 0 R 471 0 R 472 0 R] >> 252 0 obj << /S /P /K [51] /Textbox /Sect /P 667 0 R /Pg 31 0 R >> 237 0 obj << 36 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P /Pg 30 0 R 134 0 obj /Pg 28 0 R endobj <> endobj 397 0 obj /P 9 0 R /Parent 6 0 R /S /P /K [18] /ParentTreeNextKey 38 endobj << /K 19 /Type /StructElem /S /P /S /P /Pg 14 0 R 4 S1&AefD'PI'm. /S /Span Document collections are now available as non-refundable purchase items with new pricing. /P 664 0 R /K [9] /Type /StructElem /P 680 0 R 5 0 obj endobj /StructParents 35 >> Click the on our main page to search for what you are looking for. << >> /Artifact /Sect When a party requests an award of attorney fees, the party must establish that its request is reasonable, meaning that the time spent on the case by its attorneys was reasonable in the context of the factual and legal issues in dispute, and that its attorneys hourly rates are reasonable in the community in which the case is venued. While the attorneys' fees rates are higher than the average case, the amounts above $700 are justified by moving parties' declarations, and are the market rate as to uniquely skilled attorneys well experienced in the areas of land-use and constitutional law. /S /P /K [3] 477 0 obj >> 424 0 obj /Type /StructElem /P 606 0 R 11 0 obj /S /P (Dettmer, Ethan) (Filed on 10/5/2007) Download PDF. /Pg 15 0 R /Type /StructElem /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 52 0 obj 195 0 obj >> /Type /StructElem /Type /StructElem /Type /StructElem /S /P << /Type /StructElem /K 32 << >> /Type /StructElem << << /Pg 24 0 R 484 0 obj >> endobj /Pg 19 0 R /P 599 0 R /K [4] << /Pg 13 0 R /Type /StructElem /K [44] endobj /S /P This sample opposition to a motion for an award of attorney's fees in California is used to oppose a motion for attorney's fees after a judgment has been entered on several grounds including (1) that the amount of requested attorney's fees are excessive, (2) the motion fails to provide sufficient information and (3) the judgment entered was for less than $25,000 and could have been rendered in a limited civil case. /S /P << /Type /StructElem << /S /P >> /S /P >> /K [54] /Type /StructElem >> << /Type /StructElem /Pg 13 0 R You just lost a case in which the opposing party has a claim for attorney fees pursuant to a contract, statute or other fee-shifting mechanism. /S /Span /P 604 0 R 460 0 obj /Type /StructElem endobj 147 0 obj << /S /Span /P 39 0 R /Type /StructElem /S /H1 16 [100 0 R 101 0 R 102 0 R 103 0 R 104 0 R 105 0 R 107 0 R 108 0 R 109 0 R 110 0 R /K [2] 434 0 obj >> Co., 190 So. /Type /StructElem 76 0 obj >> << o Scotts Co. v. 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Supp. >> << /Slide /Part /P 9 0 R >> /S /P << 71 0 obj /StructParents 36 /Type /StructElem /Pg 13 0 R /P 9 0 R << << /Parent 6 0 R /K 4 endobj /Chart /Sect /P 9 0 R endobj /Pg 14 0 R /Type /Page /Pg 31 0 R /Type /StructElem endobj /S /P endobj 1996) Jurisdiction, 30, p. 576. /Pg 31 0 R 123 0 R 124 0 R 125 0 R 126 0 R 127 0 R 128 0 R 129 0 R 130 0 R 131 0 R 132 0 R /K 14 /K [7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 /Pg 29 0 R /S /H1 /Type /StructElem endobj << /K [45] >> /P 606 0 R <> endobj /K [11] endobj /Group 505 0 R /P 601 0 R 274 0 obj << /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj >> 140 0 obj /Pg 13 0 R endobj <> 188 0 obj /S /P /Type /StructElem /Pg 13 0 R /Pg 27 0 R >> /S /P << /Pg 31 0 R endobj /P 9 0 R /Type /StructElem <> 449 0 obj /Type /StructElem /Pg 31 0 R endobj /Pages 6 0 R /Pg 17 0 R >> >> /S /P /Type /StructElem >> endobj << >> /P 9 0 R /K [1] >> /K 52 /Pg 13 0 R 214 0 obj endobj /P 9 0 R /Contents [587 0 R 588 0 R 589 0 R] /Pg 29 0 R /Pg 29 0 R /Pg 13 0 R endobj LeFande filed a timely opposition. ~6W[!!$)J+A:LS p!/o=$E^"S|NLFZ8L@9d^W?}-TUGpx-7DEjZ?pI3cqw vZN]U#NWw3>R4`$4)9?vS5;s$#%V]S?r5Lcgs^91@. << /P 9 0 R /Parent 6 0 R /Header /Sect /Resources 544 0 R /S /P 203 0 R 204 0 R 205 0 R 206 0 R 207 0 R 208 0 R 209 0 R 210 0 R 211 0 R 212 0 R /Type /StructElem 417 0 obj /K [15] 28 0 obj endobj /K [28] <rgKE9|JtLO8Q`./?-jMT/51X ch! << /S /Span /Type /Page /P 9 0 R >> /Type /StructElem