Opinion ID: 867537
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Heading: attorney's fee requests

Text: ¶ 54 Both parties have requested an award of attorney's fees pursuant to both A.R.S. § 12-341.01 and a mandatory fee provision in their lease agreement. [15] In his petition for review, Blake did not request an award of attorney's fees. Rather, he first requested a fee award in his supplemental brief filed with this court seven months later, shortly before oral argument. Because that request was untimely, Blake would not be entitled to an award of fees even if he were the prevailing party. See Ariz. R. Civ.App. P. 21(c), 17B A.R.S. (If a petition or cross-petition for review is filed, a request for allowance of attorneys' fees shall be made in the petition or cross-petition for review or response thereto.). ¶ 55 Andrews requested an award of attorney's fees in his response to Blake's petition for review. But Andrews has not clearly prevailed in the proceedings before this court. And, at this stage of the case, we cannot determine which party ultimately will be successful. § 12-341.01. Accordingly, we decline to grant attorney's fees to either party at this point in the litigation; any award of fees should abide completion of the proceedings on remand in the trial court. See Leo Eisenberg & Co. v. Payson, 162 Ariz. 529, 535, 785 P.2d 49, 55 (1989).