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attorney's fee

attorney's fee noun: the fee charged by an attorney for work done in relation to a lawsuit or other work done by an attorney.

Noun

attorney's fee

  1. The fee charged by an attorney for work done in relation to a lawsuit or other work done by an attorney.
  2. An amount set by a court to be awarded to a prevailing party based on the reasonable fee that their attorney should have charged, based on the length and complexity of the case.
    • In March 2017, the judge appointed a special master — the former federal judge Gerald E. Rosen — to look into the appropriateness of the fee package, including the issues of double-counting attorney hours spent on the case and the reasonableness of the rates charged by the lawyers. But during a...2018 October 10, Matthew Goldstein, “Law Firm’s Fee Settlement Could Shake Up Securities Class Actions”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Oct 2018, Business Day

Forms of attorney's fee

alternative formattorneys' fee

Questions about attorney's fee

What does attorney's fee mean?
Attorney's fee means the fee charged by an attorney for work done in relation to a lawsuit or other work done by an attorney.
What part of speech is attorney's fee?
Attorney's fee is a noun.

Words near attorney's fee in the dictionary

  1. attorney general
  2. attorney generals
  3. attorney of record
  4. attorney record
  5. attorney records
  6. attorney's fee
  7. attorney's lien
  8. attorney's liens
  9. attorney's work product
  10. attorney-at-law
  11. attorney-client privilege

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