Understanding California Attorney's Fees 2024

California Attorneys Fees: 2024
This program will focus on tips for claiming and obtaining California attorney’s fees in both California state and federal courts.  It will cover these topics:  (1) bases for requesting attorney’s fees; (2) how to structure fee petitions/motions; (3) how to attack fee petitions/motions; (4) how to develop the record in fee proceedings and what type of orders to request/fashion for future appeal; (5) tips for arguing fee issues before California state appellate courts/the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; and (5) selected issues of importance in the arbitration, SLAPP, civil rights, family law, private attorney general, and class action areas.


Faculty:

W. Michael Hensley is Of Counsel in Frost Brown Todd's Orange County office. He has been a litigator and an appellate attorney involved in a wide variety of commercial and civil disputes for over 30 years. Mr. Hensley specializes in law and motion proceedings, trials, arbitrations, mediations, and appeals as well as specialty writ proceedings. He is heavily involved in cases before Southern California State and federal courts, as well as pro hac vice appearances before various federal courts throughout the United States.

This webinar begins at 10:00 am PDT and concludes at 11:30 am.

Bridgeport is a State Bar of CA provider of MCLE (Provider 11872) This program offers 1.5 hrs of MCLE.   Bridgeport will assist attorneys from outside CA obtain CLE in accordance with the rules of their state.