Opinion ID: 39707
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: the amount involved and the results

Text: obtained; -7- court has considerable discretion in applying these factors, In re First Colonial Corp. of America, 544 F.2d 1291, 1298 (5th Cir. 1977), it must explain the weight given to each factor that it considers and how each factor affects its award. Fender, 12 F.3d at 487; Evangeline Refining Co., 890 F.2d at 1327-28 (“If a court awards fees but fails to explain why compensation was awarded at the level it was given, it is difficult, if not impossible, for an appellate court to engage in meaningful review of a fee award.”). We find nothing improper in the bankruptcy court’s use of the precalculated lodestar amount contained in General Order 2004-5 in this case. General Order 2004-5 attempts to clarify and streamline bankruptcy courts’ review of Chapter 13 attorneys’ fee applications, addressing the need for both efficiency and flexibility in handling the large number of Chapter 13 cases that bankruptcy courts in the Southern District of Texas review each year.5 General Order 2004-5 at 427; cf. Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 437 (1983) (noting that “[a] request for attorneys’