Jeff Lewis Law, APC vs. The Moad Group, Inc.

“[T]he burden is on the party seeking to tax costs to show they were not reasonable or necessary.” (612 South LLC v. Laconic Limited Partnership (2010) 184 Cal.App.4th 1270, 1285 [citing Nelson v. Anderson (1999) 72 Cal.App.4th 111, 131].)

Plaintiff fails to meet his burden as to these costs. He does not point to any specific cost items within the documents that Defendant submitted that are improperly claimed, or otherwise demonstrate that such were not reasonable or necessary to the litigation.

Based on the foregoing, the Court taxes a total of $13,729.94 in costs and awards Defendant $239,303.34.

Defendant is ordered to give notice of the ruling.

109 2026-01545042 Application for Right to Attach Order/Writ of Attachment

Jeff Lewis Law, Plaintiff Jeff Lewis Law, APC’s application for a writ of attachment against Defendant Ivan APC vs. The Moad Moad in the amount of $173,400.00 is denied. Group, Inc. Plaintiff seeks to attach “all nonexempt attachable property of defendant Ivan Moad subject to attachment under Code of Civil Procedure section 487.010.”

Code Civ. Proc., § 484.020 requires that the application include:

(e) A description of the property to be attached under the writ of attachment and a statement that the plaintiff is informed and believes that such property is subject to attachment....Where the defendant is a natural person, the description of the property shall be reasonably adequate to permit the defendant to identify the specific property sought to be attached.

Plaintiff’s description of the property is incredibly broad, contrary to § 484.020. (See Bank of America v. Salinas Nissan, Inc. (1989) 207 Cal.App.3d 260, 267–268.)