2.1.4.1.1 Proof of Attorney's Fees.

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

Specific evidence of a reasonable fee is required. See Crouch v. Pixler, 83 Ariz. 310, 320 P.2d 943 (1958); Crews v. Collins, 140 Ariz. 80, 680 P.2d 216 (App. 1984); Schweiger v. China Doll Restaurant, Inc., 138 Ariz. 183, 673 P.2d 927 (App. 1983). The “most useful starting point for determining the amount of a reasonable fee is the number of hours reasonably expended on the litigation multiplied by a reasonable hourly rate.” Timmons v. Tucson, 171 Ariz. 350, 357, 830 P.2d 871, 878 (App.1991) (quoting...