What is the test for a judge to determine a reasonable attorney rate in a personal injury case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from N. Sonoma Cnty. Healthcare Dist. v. Cnty. of Sonoma, A134862 (Cal. App. 2013):
Judges generally possesses a great wealth of knowledge about reasonable attorney rates in the local legal community and, absent an arbitrary ruling, the case law appears to give the judge great discretion in using that knowledge to reach an appropriate conclusion on " ' "the value of professional services rendered in his [or her] court" ' " even without the necessity of expert testimony. (PLCM, supra, 22 Cal.4th at p. 1095; Thayer, supra, 92 Cal.App.4th at p. 832; Press v. Lucky Stores, Inc. (1983) 34 Cal.3d 311, 322.)
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