Legal Opinion
Soni v. Wellmike Enterprise Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 26, 2014No. B242288PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KLEIN, P. J.
Plaintiff and appellant Surjit P. Soni (Mr. Soni) doing business as The Soni Law Firm (hereafter, Soni or the Soni firm) appeals a postjudgment order denying its motion for an award of attorney fees as against Wellmike Enterprise Co. Ltd. and Mike Chen (collectively, Wellmike).
After prevailing in its action against Wellmike to recover unpaid attorney fees, the Soni firm sought to recover attorney fees as the prevailing party, pursuant to the attorney fee provision in the retainer agreement. Mr. Soni contended he was a sole practitioner who retained other attorneys to…
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