SHANG LUO LAU ET AL VS. LAUDENIA PLEITEZ ET AL

Real Property/Housing Court Law and Motion Calendar for June 3, 2025 line 2. DEFENDANT LAUDENIA PLEITEZ NOTICE OF MOTION FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES GRANTED in part.

Ms. Pleitez is awarded reasonable attorney's fees of $14,725, which will be included in an amended judgment to be submitted by her counsel. The amount awarded is approximately one-third less than requested.

The reduction from the requested amount is due to this case being fairly simple and straight-forward and the fees sought by Ms. Pleitez exceeding a reasonable amount for this case. The hours spent by Ms. Pleitez' counsel far exceeded the hours spent by counsel for the plaintiff. The majority of the work for Mr. Pleitez was done by an attorney who was admitted to the California bar only one month before he did his first work on the case. As a consequence, it is highly likely that there was a significant learning curve for that work and significant review time by a more senior attorney as oversight that would not have been necessary for an attorney without the learning curve. A one-third reduction is the court's best estimate of the learning curve and oversight for that learning curve. =(501/HEK)

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