Estate Litigation, Attorneys Fees, and Multipliers- June 1, 2016 Second DCA Opinion
What is a multiplier on attorneys fees and how does it apply? Have you discussed getting a multiplier on your attorneys fees for your trust contest in Florida probate court? Can your estate lawyer seek a multiplier? DID your attorney seek a multiplier to get more in attorneys fees? What do probate litigators need to know about multipliers and the lodestar method of calculating attorneys fees? If you are involved in trust and estate litigation in Florida, you will want to read this June 1,2016 appeal regarding attorneys fees.
Estate Litigation and Attorneys Fees
- How do you calculate attorneys fees under the lodestar method?
- Lodestar computation for attorney’s fees= reasonable hourly rate multiplied by a reasonable number of hours for the work performed.
- Do you know when a multiplier is appropriate or not appropriate in a Palm Beach trial?
- What is a multiplier in trust and estates litigation?
- What do probate attorneys West Palm Beach need to know about attorneys fees and the lodestar method of calculation?
Florida Peninsula Insurance Company v. Wagner
- On June 1, 2016, the Second District Court of Appeal issued an opinion on Florida attorneys fees that any probate litigation law firm should read, especially if they take estate lawsuits in Florida on a contingency fee.
- Likewise, any heir at law, widow, or dis-inherited estate beneficiary Florida who is in the middle of a probate lawsuit in Miami Dade or Palm Beach may want to read this case on Florida attorneys fees.
- This case deals with attorneys fees, a multiplier on attorneys fees, and how an appellate court reviews an award of attorneys fees by a probate court or a trial court.
- This was not a probate case, but the analysis by the appeals court is very insightful.
- With any attorneys fees in Florida, the court has to make a finding of reasonableness regarding the number of hours expended and the hourly rates.
- Are the number of hours which your probate litigation law firm spent reasonable? And what about the hourly rate?
- What the parties evidentially couldn’t agree to here is whether a multiplier would be applied, and what that multiplier would be.
- If you are involved in a will contest or probate litigation lawsuit Boca Raton, consider whether recovering attorneys fees is possible.
- To read the entire Florida appeal, click here.