The Smith County Court at Law No. 3's guidelines on the reasonableness of attorney's fees: how an application for fees should report total fees and expenses, the level of detail and descriptive time entries the court expects, and the billing practices the court will and will not approve when it reviews a fee application.
Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Smith County > County Court at Law No. 3.
GUIDELINES CONCERNING ATTORNEYS FEES IN THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 3 OF SMITH COUNTY The concept of the reasonableness of the fee has to be a foundation consideration for every application reviewed. 1. Each application for attorney’s fees should report total attorney’s fees and expenses, (a) year-to-date and (b) cumulatively since the opening of the file, exclusive of the fees and expenses reques
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