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2007-02-12 |
CHICO-NAZARIO, J. |
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| We have identified the circumstances to be considered in determining the reasonableness of a claim for attorney's fees as follows: (1) the amount and character of the service rendered; (2) labor, time, and trouble involved; (3) the nature and importance of the litigation or business in which the services were rendered; (4) the responsibility imposed; (5) the amount of money or the value of the property affected by the controversy or involved in the employment; (6) the skill and experience called for in the performance of the services; (7) the professional character and social standing of the attorney; (8) the results secured; (9) whether the fee is absolute or contingent, it being recognized that an attorney may properly charge a much larger fee when it is contingent than when it is not;[35] and (10) the financial capacity and economic status of the client have to be taken into account in fixing the reasonableness of the fee.[36] | |||||
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2006-08-23 |
CORONA, J. |
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| The power of this Court to reduce or even delete the award of attorneys' fees cannot be denied. Lawyers are officers of the Court and they participate in the fundamental function of administering justice.[14] When they took their oath, they submitted themselves to the authority of the Court and subjected their professional fees to judicial control. [15] | |||||