Overview
Recovering attorneys' fees can no longer be an afterthought for trial lawyers and their clients. Today, the ability to recover attorneys' fees may be the deciding factor in whether or not to file a lawsuit and almost always plays a critical role in the decision to settle or try a case. In fact, it is no longer unusual for an attorneys' fees recovery to exceed actual damages. Mindful of this change in the attorneys' fees landscape, attorneys' fees experts Trey Cox and Jason Dennis have authored How to Recover Attorneys' Fees in Texas -- a complete, step-by-step guide for practicing attorneys to help them win and defeat attorneys' fees claims at trial. Content in the book includes:
- New! Chapter on Judges thoughts - interview with Judges from around the state on topics related to attorneys fees
- New! Appendix containing a sample transcript of an attorneys fees trial
- New! Direct examination outline
- Legal basis and requirements to recover attorney fees
- Important pre-filing and pleading steps
- How to assemble your evidence
- Proving fees at trial
- What discovery you need
- Lots of practical examples, forms and checklists
- And much more!
Full Product Details
Author: Trey Cox ,
Jason Dennis
Publisher: Texas Lawyer
Imprint: Texas Lawyer
ISBN: 9781576256855
ISBN 10: 1576256855
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 31 October 2013
Audience:
General/trade
,
General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Not yet available
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Author Information
Trey Cox is a partner at Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP, a litigation boutique in Dallas, Texas. His jury trial experience and courtroom success have earned him the distinction of being Board Certified as a Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Trey serves on the faculty of Southern Methodist University Law School and the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. Trey received a B.A. magna cum laude from Washington & Lee University and his J.D. with honors from the University of Virginia School of Law. Jason Dennis is a partner at Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP, a litigation boutique in Dallas, Texas. He has extensive trial and appellate experience in state and federal courts in Texas representing a diverse group of clients from Fortune 500 companies to bankruptcy trustees. He is on the faculty of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and has taught trial advocacy at Southern Methodist University. He has been designated as a Master Advocate by the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Jason obtained both a J.D. with honors and an I.M.B.A. from the University of South Carolina. Before beginning his private practice, Jason clerked in the Eastern District of Virginia and on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
