Fee Recovery 101

In its introduction to a comprehensive discussion of attorneys’-fee recovery, the Texas Supreme Court said: “It should have been clear from our opinions in [three earlier case] that we intended the lodestar analysis to apply to any situation in which an objective calculation of reasonable hours worked times a reasonable rate can be employed. We reaffirm  today that the fact finder’s starting point for calculating an attorney’s fee award is determining the reasonable hours worked multiplied by a reasonable hourly rate, and the fee claimant bears the burden of providing sufficient evidence on both counts.” Rohrmoos Venture v. UTSW DVA Healthcare LLP, No. 16-0006 (Tex. Apr. 26, 2019) (emphasis added).