Green & Green, Lawyers v. Trimbach

Citations

• 2018 Ohio 194
• 104 N.E.3d 169

Syllabus

In claim for attorney fees, law firm supported its motion for summary judgment with affidavits from the attorney who worked on the case, which detailed the work performed and the fees charged, and attested to the reasonableness of those fees. In response, the defendants-clients presented affidavits and attachments which showed, very generally, their dissatisfaction with the pace of the litigation for which the firm had been hired, but did not claim that the work had not been performed or that the fees had been unreasonable. Under these circumstances, there was no genuine issue of material fact that the firm was entitled to collect the fees or as to the reasonableness of those fees, summary judgment in favor of the law firm on the account was appropriate, and expert testimony from another attorney about the reasonableness of the fees was unnecessary. Judgment affirmed.