Andrade
Andrade v. American First Finance, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MARIA ANDRADE, Case No. 18-cv-06743-SK
Plaintiff,
AMENDED ORDER REGARDING
v. ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND NOTICE
AMERICAN FIRST FINANCE, INC., et al., 11 Defendants. 12 The Court granted Defendant’s motion for order to show cause and found that Plaintiff’s 13 counsel violated the Protective Order issued in this case by using confidential information to 14 solicit clients in arbitration. (Dkt. No. 310.) The Court Ordered that Plaintiff to pay Defendant’s 15 attorneys’ fees incurred in bringing the motion and sought additional briefing on that issue. (Id.) 16 After considering the additional submissions, the Court AWARDS Defendant the full amount of 17 attorneys’ fees it requested – $33,668.50. 18 “[A] court assessing attorney fees begins with a touchstone or lodestar figure, based on the 19 careful compilation of the time spent and reasonable hourly compensation of each attorney 20 involved.” See Ketchum v. Moses, 24 Cal. 4th 1122, 1131-32 (2001) (internal quotation, citation 21 and alteration…