Legal Industry News
March 10, 2010
Court Cuts $5 Million Fee Award, Calling It An Unnecessary “Rolls Royce” Defense
California’s 4th District Court of Appeal ruled that a trial court erroneously “rubber stamped” $5 million in attorney fee requests from three big firms that simultaneously represented the former trustee of a late shopping mall magnate’s estate. The firms – Loeb & Loeb, Jones Day, and Greenberg Traurig – represented Patrick Donahue, brother of the late Daniel W. Donahue and trustee of his estate; Danial Donahue was chairman of Donahue Schriber Realty Group Inc., a California real estate firm that owned numerous shopping centers.
Daniel’s wife, Michelle Donahue, sued Patrick in his capacity as trustee, claiming he had sold 40%…
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