Author name: Marc Alexander

Private Attorney General Statute: $60,000 Fee Award To Winning Union Member Successfully Compelling Union To Conduct An Election Affirmed On Appeal

Cases: Private Attorney General (CCP 1021.5)

Second District, Division 1 Finds Important Public Right Vindicated Beyond Member’s Own Interests.      In Burke v. Ipsen, Case Nos. B218286/B221436 (2d Dist., Div. 1 Oct. 29, 2010) (certified for publication), union member successfully obtained mandate compelling a union to conduct an election of officers and directors and to set aside recently amended bylaws of […]

In The News . . . . Building a Better Redondo Garners Substantial Fee Award and Whistleblower Lawyer’s Contingency Agreement Was Not Enforced in Federal Case

In The News

Building a Better Redondo Awarded $313,000 in Private Attorney General Fees.      In our October 12, 2010 “In the News” post, we talked about Building a Better Redondo seeking a substantial fee award against the City of Redondo Beach for successfully getting Measure G on the upcoming November 2 ballot. Building a Better Redondo then

Family Law: $192,000 Fee Awards To Wife Affirmed, Because Husband Failed To Demonstrate That They Were Precluded From Prior Procedural Denials

Cases: Family Law

Husband Failed to Meet His Burden on Appeal.      Husband beat wife’s prior fee shifting, needs-based denial simply because she failed to file an updated income and expense statement under local rules. Unruffled, wife renewed the request later and added more fodder, seeking a total of $320,510.50 in fees for periods stretching back to Fall

Special Fee Shifting Statute: Retained P.E. Teacher Had To Follow Normal Fee/Costs Procedures For Timely Claiming Costs Under Education Code Section 44944

Cases: Deadlines, Cases: Special Fee Shifting Statutes

First District, Division 2 Upheld Trial Court Decision to Award Some Fees and Costs to Teacher, But Not All of Them.      Well, we report on all areas of the law. This one is a curious case, where a teacher untimely filed for fees and costs, but the trial court cut teacher a break and

Probate: Court Order Requiring Payment Of County Counsel and Public Defender’s Fees Out Of Conservatee’s Trust Reversed On Appeal

Cases: Probate

Second District, Division 2 Determines Trust Beneficial Interest Is Not Part of Conservatee’s Estate.      In Conservatorship of the Person and Estate of George, Case No. B221327 (2d Dist., Div. 2 Oct. 27, 2010) (unpublished), the trial court ordered fees for a conservator, County Counsel (counsel for guardian), and Public Defender (counsel for conservatee) paid

Consumer Statutes: Winning Plaintiff’s Request For More Attorney’s Fees Rebuffed In Lemon Law Car Case

Cases: Consumer Statutes

$64,000 Attorney’s Fees Sustained on Appeal By Second District, Division 8.      Plaintiff, in a Lemon Law car case, actually won $37,508.84 for breach of implied warranty and $560 for breach of express warranty as against Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MB). Because the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act has a mandatory fee shifting provision for winning car

Scroll to Top