Law Office of Shawn A. McMillan Gets Recent Two-Fer Awards. Congratulations go out to Shawn A. McMillan and his colleagues for obtaining two recent nice fee award recoveries, one in state court and one in federal court. Fogarty-Hardwick Orange County Superior Court Case. We have posted on this one before in our October […]
Fee Award for Dispute Involving EIR on Cold Spring Canyon Bridge. As reported on December 15, 2010 by the Indy Staff on the Santa Barbara Independent.com, Judge Thomas Anderle tentatively awarded Friends of the Bridge attorney’s fees of $125,000 in a dispute against Caltrans involving deficiencies in a final EIR relating to Cold
The National Law Journal Article Elicits Views from Malpractice Experts. In a December 13, 2010 article by Amanda Bronstad on The National Law Journal website, some attorneys and at least one law professor opined on whether Frank McCourt has viable malpractice theories against Bingham McCutchen, his attorneys charged with drafting a 2004 marital
It Already Spent $60,000 on Its Own Outside Attorney in Investigation of Ms. Tam. Here is one that might have some readers cringing given the fiscal woes hitting lots of municipalities. Alameda City Councilwoman Lena Tam handed officials a $44,000 bill for legal services she incurred while the City was investigating whether she
Internet Video of Encounter Got A Lot of Exposure. According to a December 4, 2010 post by John Ellis on the website of The Fresno Bee, the City of Fresno has agreed to pay $75,000 to Glen Beaty, a homeless man, in a federal civil rights lawsuit predicated on a punching by a
Terris/County of Santa Barbara. As reported in a December 1, 2010 post on the website version of The Santa Barbara Independent, Shawn Terris, a former Santa Barbara County employee, lost her wrongful termination lawsuit against the County and retired CEO Mike Brown. Now, Ms. Terris has been ordered to pay $33,325 to the County
Former Assistant Says She Cannot Pay, in Pending L.A. Superior Court Proceedings. As reported in a November 29, 2010 post on the on-line version of the Beverly Hills Courier, Heather Devlin, former assistant of Hollywood agent Todd Shemarya, lost a gender discrimination claim after a jury trial. Agent’s attorneys, claiming the suit was
Efficiency and Alternative Arrangements Are Gaining in Favor. In the October 2010 edition of U.S. News & World Report, the magazine ranks the “best” U.S. law firms (whether big or small), based on certain categories of specializations. That alone is interesting reading. However, the article also has some interesting observations on the trends, short-term
Two Claimants Also Held Liable for $22,500 in “Discovery Abuses.” Larry Hagman, who played the infamous J.R. on the T.V. show Dallas, sued Citigroup for securities trading claims, garnering an award of $1.1 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages to be donated to charities of his choice. Other actors
MiraCosta College to Contest Fee Motion in Ex-President Settlement Challenge Suit. In our October 15, 2010 post, we reported on a lawsuit in which MiraCosta College’s settlement with ex-president Victoria Richart was successfully challenged, with the plaintiff now moving to recoup $423,205 in attorney’s fees. Now, Mr. Sisson in a follow-up November 16, 2010
