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By: Derek Hawkins//February 22, 2016//
Listen to this article7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Danielle Pickett v. Sheridan Health Care Center
Case No.: 14-3705
Officials: POSNER, WILLIAMS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Attorney Fees
Court did not commit legal error or abuse of discretion in relying on previous attorney’s fees assessment of whether attorney fees reasonable in current case.
“We have said, “a previous attorney’s fee award is useful for establishing a reasonable market rate for similar work.” Pickett II, 664 F.3d at 648. So, the district court was acting in accordance with the principles outlined in Pickett II when it considered Rossiello’s fee award in Johnson. The district court did not err by considering, as part of its analysis, Rossiello’s hourly rate as determined in Johnson. See Small, 264 F.3d at 708(finding no abuse of discretion where the district court considered Rossiello’s fee award in similar cases to determine Rossiello’s hourly rate in Small).”
Affirmed
Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.
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