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t of $121,187.50. ECF No. 86-81f 7. The firm also reports litigation expenses of $516.27. Id. ¶ 11. The attorneys represent that Boucher, LLP, lead Class Counsel, reviewed time records from the other Class Counsel firms "for accuracy and removal or time that, although incurred, the lawyers determined in thei
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
iability" rate adjustments would have on the lodestar. Using the Knapton Declaration's fee schedule, ECF No. 86-9 Ex. 2,9 the Court calculates that Class Counsel partners billed a total of 3,542.1 hours; that the "associate class," including associates, law clerks, local counsel, and of-counsel attorneys, bi
49,473.15, respectively. Id. 9 There are several discrepancies between the hours reported in the Class Counsel affidavits and the hours used by Mr. Knapton to calculate Plaintiffs' lodestar of 3,387.328 75. Most notably. John A Yanchunis of Morgan & Morgan reports that he billed 38.3 hours at a rate of
t of $121,187.50. ECF No. 86-81f 7. The firm also reports litigation expenses of $516.27. Id. ¶ 11. The attorneys represent that Boucher, LLP, lead Class Counsel, reviewed time records from the other Class Counsel firms "for accuracy and removal or time that, although incurred, the lawyers determined in thei
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
iability" rate adjustments would have on the lodestar. Using the Knapton Declaration's fee schedule, ECF No. 86-9 Ex. 2,9 the Court calculates that Class Counsel partners billed a total of 3,542.1 hours; that the "associate class," including associates, law clerks, local counsel, and of-counsel attorneys, bi
49,473.15, respectively. Id. 9 There are several discrepancies between the hours reported in the Class Counsel affidavits and the hours used by Mr. Knapton to calculate Plaintiffs' lodestar of 3,387.328 75. Most notably. John A Yanchunis of Morgan & Morgan reports that he billed 38.3 hours at a rate of
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