Lodestar: Do Awards to Government Attorneys Have To Match Their Salaries …

Naught, Said Appellate Court In Unpublished Opinion Based On No Supporting Authority.

We do not know if this means much, but maybe for governmental attorneys seeking fees in certain types of state cases.  City & County of San Francisco v. Jamali, Case Nos. A171957 et al. (1st Dist., Div. 4 Mar. 6, 2026) (unpublished) rejected the notion that attorney’s fees awarded to the government must match their salaries.  No authority supporting this contention was provided, so that argument was summarily dismissed, although it distinguished other cases which were far amiss on this issue.

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