DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. JERRY M.

No. 89-1371.

580 A.2d 1270 (1990)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellants, v. JERRY M., et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 5, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. McKay, Jr., Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Herbert O. Reid, Sr., Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants.

David A. Reiser, Public Defender Service, and Donna L. Wulkan, with whom Kim Taylor and James Klein, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and SCHWELB and FARRELL, Associate Judges.


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

This case is before us on appeal from the trial court's award of $63,497.58 in attorney's fees to Donna Wulkan for her work between June 8, 1988 and June 29, 1989, in enforcing the District of Columbia's compliance with a consent decree in the matter of the complex and lengthy "Jerry M." litigation. See District of Columbia v. Jerry M., 571 A.2d 178 (D.C.1990). We hold that Ms. Wulkan's services are...

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