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nd $1,100 per hour, for a total lodestar amount of $756,859.50. ECF No. 86-4 ¶ 7. The firm also reports litigation expenses of $30,568.95. Id. ¶ 11. Morgan & Morgan, PA reports a total of 38.3 billable hours from one attorney with a billing rate of $900 per hour and 84.2 billable hours from one paralegal with a

m Gerald G. Knapton of the law firm Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley. Decl. Gerald G. Knapton in Support. P. Mot. Attorneys' Fees, ECF No. 86-9. Mr. Knapton declares that he is an expert on "the reasonableness and necessity of attorneys' fees," id. ¶ 2, states that he interviewed Class Counsel attorneys

s higher than the relevant third-quartile 2015 Real Report Snapshot rates. See id. ¶ 48. Of the 17 billing at high rates, all but John Yanchunis of Morgan & Morgan ($900 per hour), Daniel Herrera of Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP ($600 per hour), and Kelly Tucker of Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Spren

Class Counsel lodestar calculation of $3,387,328.75, and the combined Class Counsel expense calculation of $133,358.39 are reasonable. Id. 1111. Mr. Knapton claims that the total time of 5,100 hours "is similar to the range of hours [he has] seen in other class actions that are resolved without trial."

nd $1,100 per hour, for a total lodestar amount of $756,859.50. ECF No. 86-4 ¶ 7. The firm also reports litigation expenses of $30,568.95. Id. ¶ 11. Morgan & Morgan, PA reports a total of 38.3 billable hours from one attorney with a billing rate of $900 per hour and 84.2 billable hours from one paralegal with a

m Gerald G. Knapton of the law firm Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley. Decl. Gerald G. Knapton in Support. P. Mot. Attorneys' Fees, ECF No. 86-9. Mr. Knapton declares that he is an expert on "the reasonableness and necessity of attorneys' fees," id. ¶ 2, states that he interviewed Class Counsel attorneys