6th Circuit Affirms Award Of Attorney Fees Based On Oral Agreement

( June 2, 2026, 2:23 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed an award of attorney fees based on an oral agreement between attorneys who worked on a case for five years and an attorney they brought onto the litigation team shortly before an anticipated trial, finding that the longer-standing attorneys’ account of the oral agreement was “coherent,” “plausible” and “consistent with how every other late-added attorney was paid.”...