DISCRETION, DISCRETION, DISCRETION: TRIAL JUDGES DO NOT HAVE TO CREDIT EXPERT TESTIMONY ON THE VALUE OF ATTORNEY SERVICES IN FEE CONTESTS.

Cases: Allocation, Cases: Experts, Cases: Standard of Review

Second District Unpublished Decision Affirms Trial Judge’s Rejection of Expert Testimony on the Value of Services in Deciding an Attorney’s Fees Motion.             Even unpublished decisions can contain instructive lessons for practitioners in opposing requests for attorney’s fees, reminding us all that the trial judge is the one ultimately vested with discretion […]