State ex rel. Stafford v. Carpenter

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 3848

Syllabus

When making an attorney-fee award, the trial court abused its discretion in reducing one of appellant's attorney's hourly rate from $325 to $200 without supporting evidence. The largest reduction the record reasonably supported was a reduction to $250 per hour. The trial court did not abuse its discretion, however, in making a 30-percent reduction to the number of hours for which appellant was entitled to attorney fees, denying attorney fees associated with a fee application, denying expert fees as costs, and excluding two pages of billing summaries. The trial court also adequately explained the basis of its attorney-fee award. Judgment reversed and remanded for recalculation of the fee award.