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It is not. Legal fees are rarely awarded in the U.S.
by staticman2 7mo ago
It is not. Legal fees are rarely awarded in the U.S.
- petcat 7mo agoI should have said if you recover it in your damages, which every competent attorney will push for.
- staticman2 7mo agoLegal fees are not something you are usually legally entitled to. Your attorney can push for whatever illegal thing they can think of, it doesn't mean you will get it.
- malfist 7mo ago> Your attorney can push for whatever illegal thing they can think of, it doesn't mean you will get it. It is not illegal to include legal fees in damages.
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- staticman2 7mo agoBy illegal I mean contrary to American law. Legal fees are literally not damages. A court granting legal fees would be doing that in addition to damages. In most cases the jury will never even be told what your attorneys fees are, and they are not permitted to award them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_rule_(attorney%27s_fees) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_rule_(attorney%27s_fe...
- hluska 7mo agoUnder what statute is it illegal to request legal fees?
- patmorgan23 7mo agoRequesting and being granted legal fees are two different things. The default "American rule" is that each party pays their own legal fees, unless there is a relevant fee shifting rule.
- staticman2 7mo ago> Under what statute is it illegal to request legal fees? You can request anything you want? Granting it would be illegal. An attorney asking the judge to break the law and award attorney fees is literally asking for something illegal in most circumstances. There are exceptions. (By illegal I mean contrary to law.) It's funny that 4 people downvoted me instead of bothering to check Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_rule_(attorney%27s_fees) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_rule_(attorney%27s_fe...