Can an attorney recover out-of-pocket expenses that would normally be charged to a fee paying client?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Nunez v. Bae Sys. San Diego Ship Repair Inc., 292 F.Supp.3d 1018 (S.D. Cal. 2017):

Harris v. Marhoefer , 24 F.3d 16, 19 (9th Cir. 1994) (noting an attorney usually may recover "out-of-pocket expenses that would normally be charged to a fee paying client " and holding that facts of the case demonstrated the reasonableness of costs for "service of summons and complaint, service of trial subpoenas, fee for defense expert at deposition, postage, investigator, copying costs, hotel bills, meals, messenger service and employment record reproduction").

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