What is the test for calculating attorney fees?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Shuler v. Capital Agric. Prop. Servs., 2d Civil No. B294555 (Cal. App. 2020):

"[A] court assessing attorney fees begins with a touchstone or lodestar figure, based on the 'careful compilation of the time spent and reasonable hourly compensation of each attorney . . . involved in the presentation of the case.' [Citation.] . . . [] . . . [T]he lodestar . . . may be adjusted by the court based on factors including . . . the extent to which the nature of the litigation precluded other employment by the attorneys, [and] the contingent nature of the fee award." (Ketchum v. Moses (2001) 24 Cal.4th 1122, 1131-1132 (Ketchum).)

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