EDWARDS EX REL. EDWARDS v. BARNHART

No. 91 Civ. 1482(LBS).

238 F.Supp.2d 645 (2003)

Mary EDWARDS o/b/o Leslie EDWARDS, Plaintiff, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

January 6, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin M. Portnoy, Irwin M. Portnoy and Associates, P.C., Newburgh, NY, for Plaintiff.

James B. Comey, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, By: Lorraine S. Novinski, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, NY, for Defendant.


OPINION AND ORDER

SAND, District Judge.

This application for attorney's fees follows over a quarter century of efforts to obtain social security disability benefits on behalf of Leslie Edwards ("Edwards" or "Plaintiff"), a significant portion of which postdates the death of Mr. Edwards himself.1 Although Edwards did eventually obtain a portion of the benefits he sought, the...

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