HARMAN v. LYPHOMED, INC.

No. 90-2032.

945 F.2d 969 (1991)

Sarah HARMAN, Samuel Golden, Emery Sugar, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LYPHOMED, INCORPORATED, John N. Kapoor, Neil Gurwara, et al., Defendants. Appeal of ROBERT S. ATKINS AND ASSOCIATES, Robert D. Allison, Stull, Stull & Brody, Much, Shelist, Freed Denenberg, Ament & Eiger, Berger & Montague, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Specthrie & Lerach, Plaintiff Class Counsel-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 9, 1991.

As Amended October 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah Harman, Samuel Golden, Emery Sugar, Emil Sugar, Joseph Harris and Barbara Kay Ament, pro se.

John W. Rotunno, William R. Carney, John B. Bitner, Larry L. Thompson, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

Robert D. Allison, pro se.

Michael P. Malakoff, argued, Berger, Kapetan, Malakoff & Myers, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant Robert D. Allison.

Michael J. Freed, Michael B. Hyman, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament & Eiger, Chicago, Ill., for appellants.

Carole A. Broderick, Berger & Montague, pro se.

Leonard Barrack, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, pro se.

David J. Bershad, Jerome Congress, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Specthrie & Lerach, pro se.

Geoffrey P. Miller, Chicago, Ill., for Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Specthrie & Lerach.

Mark L. Levine, Kirkland & Ellis Chicago, Ill., for appellant Stull, Stull & Brody.

Jules Brody, Stull, Stull & Brody, pro se.

Robert S. Atkins, pro se.

Robert E. Williams, Coleman & Associates, Geoffrey P. Miller, Chicago, Ill., for appellant Robert S. Atkins and Associates.

Before CUDAHY, COFFEY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Out of a $10.4 million settlement fund, the district court awarded plaintiffs' counsel $950,000 in fees and $121,277 in expenses, the total of which — $1,071,277 — is about 10.3 percent of the fund.1 On the attorneys' motion for reconsideration, the court increased the fees to $1,050,000, plus the $121,277 in expenses. Counsel had requested $2,997,000 in fees and $131,900 in expenses. In making the...

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