Legal Writing

Attorney's Fees and Construction Contracts
Many of my clients come to me with their claims and assume that the law will afford them their attorney's fees if they prevail in their case. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth...

Paying the Opposing Party's Attorney's Fees
One of questions that family law attorneys are most frequently asked is some variation of "Can the other party be required to reimburse me for my attorney's fees and costs?" or "Will I be required to pay the other side's attorney's fees?"  Many times, each party will pay his or her own attorney's fees ...

Fourth District: Attorney's Fees, English Style
As this decision from the Fourth District shows, where an agreement provides it is governed by English law, the losing litigant had better be prepared to pay the other side's attorney's fees...

Insurer Cannot Recover Attorney's Fees Under a Unilateral Reservation of Rights
The Arkansas Supreme Court accepted certification of a question from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas in Medical Liability Mut. Ins. Co...

'>Welcome to the blogosphere: California Attorney's Fees
Attorneys Marc D. Alexander and William M. (Mike) Hensley of Adorno Yoss Alvarado & Smith in Santa Ana have created a new blog, California Attorney's Fees. From the mission statement: Our mission is simple: provide a resource tool to practitioners,...

44 Filings without Paying Fees Is Too Many:
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit allowed Tyrone Hurt to file pro se appeals without paying fees, but no longer. In a per curiam opinion released yesterday,...

Cell Phone Early Termination Fees
How to recover billing errors

Power of Attorney and Living Wills for the aged
Options for caring for aging parents

Estate Planning
Documents: durable power of attorney, living will, letter of instruction, and insurance trust

Grandparents Visitation Rights
Every state lets elderly grandparents petition to visit grandchildren

Living Wills and Powers of Attorney
Laws effecting the elderly

Lawyer Jokes
Law Humor

Religious Decorations
Oklahoma City to pay attorney fees in religious freedom violations lawsuit.

Firm Associate
Attorney Jay Wingate ordered to pay widow $2.5 million settlement for collected legal fees.

Excessive Bank Overdraft Fees
Bank Overdraft Fees alleging excessive fees and misrepresentation of account balances and more.

Overtime for Programmers
alleging that some companies try to avoid paying employees overtime by categorizing them as "salaried" employees.

Whole Foods
And Other Firms Sued by California Attorney General,

State Farm
Settles with Mississippi Attorney General