What factors will a court consider when determining a reasonable attorney's fee?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Marriage of Cueva, In re, 149 Cal.Rptr. 918, 86 Cal.App.3d 290 (Cal. App. 1978):
The major factors to be considered by a court in fixing a reasonable attorney's fee were summarized in Berry v. Chaplin, 74 Cal.App.2d 669, 679, 169 P.2d 453, 460: "the nature of the litigation, its difficulty,
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