At the end of the opinion, the appellate court dealt with the argument that the application of the privilege to billing records would «wreak havoc» on the procedures for
submitting substantiation in support of a fee request.
2 Mar. 28, 2017)(unpublished) demonstrates what a fee claimant should not do as far as
submitting substantiation for a fee petition.
Not exact matches
The 2/3 DCA panel disagreed, because (1) detailed billing timesheets are not mandatory in seeking fees at the state court level, and (2) the attorney seeking fees on behalf of a client could obtain a waiver of the privilege by the client so that the
substantiation can be
submitted.
He did not
submit any estimate or
substantiation as far as reasonable hours worked on the case, with a bald assertion of having contributed the most value not satisfying his quantum meruit burden in this one.