California Court of Appeal

In a dispute arising from a request for attorney fees for services rendered by an associate to a plaintiff-law firm and its partners, judgment of trial court denying request is affirmed where: 1) substantial evidence supports finding that the attorney who represented plaintiffs in underlying dispute was doing so as an associate of the law firm and not as an independent contractor, and, therefore, plaintiffs legally are not entitled to an award of attorney fees; and 2) the trial court was justified in concluding that based on the record, the individual plaintiffs could not recover attorney fees because there was no showing of any distinction between cross-claims against the law firm plaintiff and those against the individual plaintiffs.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/10/2011
• Published 05/10/2011

Judges

• MOSK

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel