An 'attorney fees' clause in a contract typically provides that:

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Under the American rule, each party normally bears its own attorney fees unless a contract or statute provides otherwise. An attorney fees clause shifts that risk by allowing the prevailing party in a dispute to recover reasonable attorney fees from the losing party, and in California such clauses are generally applied reciprocally regardless of which party is named. It does not ban attorneys, favor only the owner, or waive the contractor's payment rights.