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What is Attorney's fees (honorários)?

Also: honorários · honorários de sucumbência · attorney's fees

Loser-pays attorney’s fees are owed to the winning party’s lawyer (as a rule 5% to 15% of the conviction or the benefit). Since the 2017 Reform, they may also fall on the claimant who loses claims.

They are a direct component of the cost of litigation — they enter the litigate-vs-settle calculation.

Observed grant pattern: about 80% of merits decisions that address fees (base: real Labor Court cases).

How LABORIS AI uses it

LABORIS AI includes fees in the expected cost of each course of action, so the recommendation reflects the total spend, not just the conviction.

Legal basis
CLT, art. 791-A

Informational content — it is not legal advice.