Rivera-Martinez v. Vu

Plaintiff, who pursued and prevailed on a minimum wage claim against his former employers and a legal malpractice claim against his former attorneys, appeals a judgment that denied him attorney fees against the lawyer defendants, Donald N. Hooton and Hooton Wold & Okrent, LLP. Plaintiff argues that the trial court erred in denying him attorney fees against the lawyer defendants, because his legal malpractice claim arose from their negligence in handling an overtime wage claim against plaintiffs former employers and prevailing party attorney fees are statutorily authorized on overtime wage…