HAWKINS v. EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

No. 71759.

407 P.3d 766 (2017)

133 Nev.Adv.Opn. 109

X'Zavion HAWKINS, an individual, Petitioner, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF CLARK; and the Honorable Joanna Kishner, District Judge, Respondents, and GGP Meadows Mall, a Delaware Limited Liability Company; Mydatt Services, Inc., d/b/a Valor Security Services, an Ohio Corporation; and Mark Warner, an individual, Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

FILED December 28, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Injury Lawyers of Nevada and David J. Churchill and Jolene J. Manke , Las Vegas, for Petitioner.

Backus, Carranza & Burden and Edgar Carranza , Las Vegas, for Real Parties in Interest Mydatt Services, Inc., dba Valor Security Services; and Mark Warner.

Lee, Hernandez, Landrum, Garofalo and David S. Lee and Charlene Renwick , Las Vegas, for Real Parties in Interest GGP Meadows Mall; Mydatt Services, Inc., dba Valor Security Services; and Mark Warner.

BEFORE HARDESTY, PARRAGUIRRE and STIGLICH, JJ.


OPINION

In this petition for extraordinary writ relief, we address what the district court should have considered when awarding attorney fees sought for work done by a disqualified firm. We conclude that the district court must consider the factors from the Restatement (Third) of the Law Governing Lawyers...

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