Filed 6/16/15 Williams v. Law Offices of Carlin & Buchsbaum CA2/7 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

YOULANDA O. WILLIAMS,
Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

THE LAW OFFICES OF CARLIN & BUCHSBAUM et al.,
Defendants and Respondents. B257137
(Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC448650)

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles, Michael Stern, Judge. Affirmed. Paul Kujawsky attorney for Youlanda O. Williams, Plaintiff and Appellant. Law Offices of Carlin & Buchsbaum, Ga ry R. Carlin and Ro nald L. Zambrano attorneys for Defendan ts and Respondents.

_____________ _______________2 Appellant Youlanda Williams challenges th e order of costs entered by the trial
court. As the record demonstrates that Willi ams failed to file a motion to tax costs, the
issue has been forfeited. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROC EDURAL HISTORY

Youlanda Williams sued her attorneys, the Law Offices of Carlin & Buchsbaum and Gary Carlin (law firm) after they had re presented her in her claims against the Los Angeles Unified School District. In Novembe r, 2011, the trial court entered judgment on
the law firm’s motion for summa ry judgment, and Williams appe aled. In a decision filed on March 27, 2013, this court affirmed the ju dgment, and ordered costs on appeal to the
law firm. 1
The law firm had filed and served a memo randum of costs as prevailing party on November 16, 2011 and file d an additional memorandum of costs on appeal after the
remittitur issued. Williams did not file a timely obje ction or a motion to tax costs and, on April 11, 2014, the court awarded costs in the amounts requested. 2 Williams appeals, asserting that one of the cost items, fo r electronic legal research, was improperly
awarded.

DISCUSSION

California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1700, requ ires a motion to strike or tax costs to
be served and filed within 15 da ys after service of the memorandum of costs. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1700(b)(1).) In this case, Williams was therefore required to file a motion addressing the trial costs in Decem ber, 2011. The memorandum of costs on

1 The opinion in case B236992 was not published. The background statement of facts is based on that opinion.

2 Although Williams filed a docum ent with the trial court re ferring to an objection on June 12, 2013, the objection is not in the record before this court, and there is no record that a motion to tax cost s was ever filed. Even if th e document was in the record, and was properly construed as a motion to strike or tax, it was untimely.3 appeal, served on May 3, 2013 , required Williams to file a motion as to those costs no later than May 23, 2013. (Code of Civ. Proc ., § 1013.) The record contains no motion to
strike or tax costs filed at either time. Williams argues on appeal that the award of costs for el ectronic legal research was unauthorized. However, her failure to file a timely motion on this ground, or any ground, has forfeited her right to challenge the costs. ( Douglas v. Willis (1994) 27 Cal.App.4th 287, 289 [failure to file motion to tax waives the right to object]; Santos v. Civil Service
Bd. (1987) 193 Cal.App.3d 1442, 1 447 [failure to file motion is a “waiver of the right to object.”]; Hydratec, Inc. v. Sun Valley 260 Orchard & Vineyard Co. (1990) 223 Cal.App.3d 924, 929 [failure to file is a waiver; time provisions are mandatory].) Accordingly, William’s challenge ha s been forfeited, and we affirm.

DISPOSITION The order is affirmed. Respondents are to recover their costs on appeal.

ZELON, J.

We concur:

PERLUSS, P. J.

STROBEL, J. 

 Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, assigned by the Chief Justice pursuant to article VI, section 6 of the California Constitution