California Court of Appeal

Even where a negotiated attorney's fee may represent a reasoned business decision to settle, a negotiated fee that exceeds a fair and reasonable fee for the attorney's contribution may not be approved.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/07/2005
• Published 03/07/2005

Judges

• STEIN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles D. Chalmers, for Objectors and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lerach Coughlin Stoia & Robbins, Frank J. Janecek, Jr., Kevin D. Green, San Diego, Patrick J. Coughlin, San Francisco, Bushnell, Caplan & Fielding, Alan Mayer Caplan, Rossbacher Firm, Henry H. Rossbacher, Los Angeles, for Plaintiffs and Respondents., Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, Robert A. Rosenfeld, Laurence A. Weiss, Nicole M. Ryan, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent Bank of America., Morrison & Foerster, Melvin R. Goldman, Judson E. Lobdell, San Francisco, Evan L. Land, Sacramento, Jack Londen, San Francisco, for Defendants and Respondents Alibrandi et al.