District of Columbia Code
Chapter 44 - Arbitration; Revised Uniform Act
§ 16–4425. Judgment on award; attorney’s fees and litigation expenses

(a) Upon granting an order confirming, vacating without directing a rehearing, modifying, or correcting an award, the court shall enter a judgment in conformity therewith. The judgment may be recorded, docketed, and enforced as any other judgment in a civil action.
(b) A court may allow reasonable costs of the motion and subsequent judicial proceedings.
(c) On application of a prevailing party to a contested judicial proceeding under § 16-4422, 16-4423, or 16-4424, the court may add reasonable attorney’s fees and other reasonable expenses of litigation incurred in a judicial proceeding after the award is made to a judgment confirming, vacating without directing a rehearing, modifying, or correcting an award.
(Feb. 27, 2008, D.C. Law 17-111, § 2(b), 55 DCR 1847.)
This section is referenced in § 16-4404.
Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 25 of the Uniform Arbitration Act (2000).

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