Mountjoy v. Bank of America, N.A.

Opinion

ROBIE, Acting P. J.

— In seeking an attorney fee award in this wrongful foreclosure case, plaintiffs Calvin and Tracy Mountjoy sought a lodestar sum of $308,425 for 760.70 hours of attorney and law student work billed at hourly rates ranging from $450 to $200. Concluding that “well over 70% of the billing entries” submitted in support of the attorney fee request were flawed in one or more respects, the trial court reduced the number of hours claimed by 70 percent, to 228.21. Thereafter, applying a “blended” billing rate of $260 per hour to the reduced number of hours, the court awarded…