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FDCPA: Attorney's Fees (NEW)
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Newman v. The Cadle
Company. - Hawaii District Court File 01-00539 (ACK/LEK)
- November 24, 2003 - $26,301.92 in attorneys fees and $884.03
in taxable costs awarded NACA Attorney Norman K.K. Lau.
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Armstrong v. Rose Law Firm, P.A. - Court File 00-2287 (MJD/SRN)
- 2002 WL 31050583 - $44,655.29 in fees and costs awarded to our
firm and the Consumer Justice Center, P.A. “The Court finds the
rate of $250 per hour ordinary and reasonable for prosecuting
FDCPA cases in this community. … The Court finds that
Plaintiff’s attorneys’ fees and costs [of $44,655.29] are
reasonably proportional. While they far exceed the [$1,000]
statutory damages award in the present case, Plaintiff did not
choose to create this disparity. Defendant aggressively
defended this case, as was its right. … This defense produced a
large amount of litigation, and significantly increased the
number of hours Plaintiff’s attorney committed to this case.”
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Sonmore v. Checkrite - FEE ORDER - USDC Minn. - CV-99-2039
DDA-FLN - District Court awards $82,000.00 in attorney's
fees and $16,326.97 in costs in an FDCPA case with $4,000.00 in
statutory damages. Plaintiff's counsel had sought an attorney fee
and cost award of more than $190,000.
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Gonzalez v. Barnhart - Civil No. 01-499 JRT/FLN (August 9, 2002)
- An excellent analysis of the legal basis for statutory
attorney's fee awards. District Court awards $5,000 in
attorneys fees in social security case. Case quote: "Little
evidence is offered to support defendant’s assertions beyond
stating that the amount plaintiff has billed 'seems excessive
given the routine nature' of the documents prepared and
reviewed. The Court is not persuaded by this assertion.
Plaintiff’s counsel billed one-half hour each for activities
such as writing letters to the client and reviewing motions.
These activities are necessary and important aspects of
counsel’s representation of plaintiff that required plaintiff’s
counsel to bill some time for them. The expenditure of
one-half hour for each of these activities is not unreasonable."
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