Opinion ID: 2543254
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Heading: The fee customarily charged in the locality for similar legal services.

Text: The affidavits of the local attorneys indicate that the attorney fee requested by Fees for representing F.M. and T.S. in this personal-injury action is within the range of a contingency fee customarily charged in the locality for representing a client in a personal-injury action. The affidavits and the record, however, do not indicate the fee customarily considered reasonable for the representation of a child in a personal-injury action. However, the affidavits of the local attorneys do indicate that the attorney fee awarded Fees should be reduced by $50,000, indicating that the local attorneys do not view an attorney fee of 33 1/3% of the total settlement to be reasonable in this case and that a reduction in the attorney fee is proper.