CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Attorney Fees
......Between Attorney and Client
.........Appeal by Client of Fee Order
2 Cards On This Topic:

Error to allow jury to apply multiplier of 5 to lodestar amount, awarding atty. $7.8M, where no contingent agreement justified any risk and award was excessive and inequitable.

Interest on $1,717,921 atty. fee judgment ran from the date of the original judgment, and attorney is entitled to costs claimed and interest on them from that date.