Derkatsch v. Thorp, Purdy, Jewett, Urness & Wilkinson, P. C.

Erick Derkatsch and Natalie St. John, as trustees of the Erna Derkatsch Trust, 1 appeal a supplemental judgment awarding attorney fees from the funds of the trust to be paid to the law firm of Thorp, Purdy, Jewett, Urness & Wilkinson, P.C. (the firm). The fees at issue were awarded in a protective proceeding relating to Erna, but were, in large part, for work done by the firm relating to a financial abuse case filed well before the protective proceeding was initiated. The trustees contend on appeal that the trial court erred in awarding fees pursuant to ORS 125.095. Because we conclude that…