[malfist]

> Your attorney can push for whatever illegal thing they can think of, it doesn't mean you will get it.

It is not illegal to include legal fees in damages.

[staticman2]

By illegal I mean contrary to American law.

Legal fees are literally not damages. A court granting legal fees would be doing that in addition to damages.

In most cases the jury will never even be told what your attorneys fees are, and they are not permitted to award them:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_rule_(attorney%27s_fe...