Supreme Court of California

Attorney fees awarded under Government Code section 12965 of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act belong to the attorney, absent a contractual agreement that provides for their disposition.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/13/2001
• Published 08/13/2001

Judges

• WERDEGAR, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Nagley & Meredith, Nagley, Meredith & Miller and Lawrence N. Hensley, Sacramento, for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant., Joe Ross McCray, San Francisco;  Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, Frederick Bruce Legernes;  Law Offices of Richard M. Pearl and Richard M. Pearl, Berkeley, for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Respondents.