The joy in the hearts of the readers has been my primary motivation and
lodestar when writing this book.
Not exact matches
When one is petitioning for fees or contesting a petition for fees, it is usually incumbent to utilize the
lodestar approach by determining the prevailing hourly market attorney rates in the relevant community (most often, the county or district of the litigation venue in question).
The good news, I suppose, is that
when my clients prevail, it's hard for a party that asserted 10x my time to mount much of a challenge to mine — assuming I've done as Todd advises and properly proved up the time under the
lodestar and segregation requirements.