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How courts determine attorney fees given to winning tenant

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How courts determine attorney fees given to winning tenant

Postby TenantNet » Tue Jul 30, 2013 9:22 pm

See Engel v. Wolfsohn at http://tenant.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=49398#49398

Tenant attorney Kenneth B. Hawco - and a member of this forum - won the case for his client, and then the tenant was awarded attorney fees to cover the legal expenses.

This decision explains in detail how a court can determine the question of attorney fees and their calculation.
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