RODRIGUEZ v. DISNER

Nos. 10-55309, 10-55342, 10-56730, 10-56700, 10-56703, 10-56724, 10-56737, 10-56803, 10-57037.

688 F.3d 645 (2012)

Ryan RODRIGUEZ, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Reena B. Frailich, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; Jennifer Brazeal; Lisa Gintz; Loredana Nesci; Lorraine Rimson; Kari Brewer, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Sandra DISNER, Executor of the Estate of Eliot G. Disner, as successor-in-interest to Eliot G. Disner and Disner Law Corporation, Class Counsel, Appellant. Ryan Rodriguez, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Reena B. Frailich, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; Jennifer Brazeal; Lisa Gintz; Loredana Nesci; Lorraine Rimson; Kari Brewer, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. McGuirewoods LLP, Appellant. Ryan Rodriguez, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Reena B. Frailich, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; Jennifer Brazeal; Lisa Gintz; Loredana Nesci; Lorraine Rimson; Kari Brewer, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. David Feldman; Cameron Gharabiklou; Emily Grant; Jeff Lang; Sarah McDonald; Cara Patton; Rachel Schwartz; Greg Thomas, Objectors-Appellants. Ryan Rodriguez, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Reena B. Frailich, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; Jennifer Brazeal; Lisa Gintz; Loredana Nesci; Lorraine Rimson; Kari Brewer, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James Juranek, Unnamed Class Member; Audrey Juranek, Unnamed Class Member; Richard P. Le Blanc, III, Objectors-Appellants. Ryan Rodriguez, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Reena B. Frailich, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; Jennifer Brazeal; Lisa Gintz; Loredana Nesci; Lorraine Rimson; Kari Brewer, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. George Schneider, Class Member; Jonathan M. Slomba, Class Member; James Puntumapanitch, Class Member; Justin Head; Ryan Helfrich, Objectors-Appellants. Ryan Rodriguez, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Reena B. Frailich, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; Jennifer Brazeal; Lisa Gintz; Loredana Nesci; Lorraine Rimson; Kari Brewer, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Aaron Lukoff; John Prendergast; David Orange, Objectors-Appellants. Ryan Rodriguez, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Reena B. Frailich, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; Jennifer Brazeal; Lisa Gintz; Loredana Nesci; Lorraine Rimson; Kari Brewer, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. David Oriol, Unnamed Classmembers; Jason Tingle; Jennifer Brown McElroy; Daniel M. Schafer; Sarah Siegel; Evans & Mullinix, P.A., Objectors-Appellants. Ryan Rodriguez, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Reena B. Frailich, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; Jennifer Brazeal; Lisa Gintz; Loredana Nesci; Lorraine Rimson; Kari Brewer, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Robert Gaudet, Jr.; Sandeep Gopalan, Objectors-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 10, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret A. Grignon , Reed Smith LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for appellant Sandra Disner (Appeal No. 10-55309).

Terry W. Bird and Thomas R. Freeman (argued), Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg, P.C., Los Angeles, CA, and Sidney Kanazawa , McGuireWoods LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for appellant McGuireWoods LLP (Appeal Nos. 10-55342, 10-56770).

John W. Davis , Law Office of John W. Davis, San Diego, CA, and Steven F. Helfand , Helfand Law Offices, San Francisco, CA, for objectors-appellants David Feldman, Cameron Gharabiklou, Emily Grant, Jeff Lang, Sarah McDonald, Cara Patton, Rachel Schwartz, and Greg Thomas (Appeal No. 10-56700).

Charles A. Sturm , Steele Sturm PLLC, Houston, TX, for objectors-appellants James Juranek, Audrey Juranek, and Richard P. Le Blanc (Appeal No. 10-56703).

J. Garrett Kendrick and C. Benjamin Nutley (argued), Kendrick & Nutley, Pasadena, California, and John Pentz , Maynard, MA, for objectors-appellants George Schneider, Jonathan M. Slomba, James Puntumapanitch, Justin Head, and Ryan Helfrich (Appeal No. 10-56724).

Joshua R. Furman (argued), Joshua R. Furman Law Corp., Beverly Hills, CA, and John M. Zimmerman , Law Offices of John M. Zimmerman, Seattle, WA, for objectors-appellants Aaron Lukoff, John Prendergast, and David Orange (Appeal No. 10-56737).

J. Darrell Plamer , Law Offices of Darrell Plamer PC, Solana Beach, CA, for objectors-appellants Evans & Mullinix, P.A., David Oriol, Sarah Siegel, Jennifer Brown McElroy, Daniel Schafer, and Jason Tingle (Appeal No. 10-56803).

Robert J. Gaudet, Jr. , The Hague, The Netherlands, and Sandeep Gopalan , Maynooth, Ireland, appearing pro se (Appeal No. 10-57037).

Before: JEROME FARRIS, RICHARD R. CLIFTON, and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

IKUTA, Circuit Judge:

These thirteen consolidated appeals brought by class counsel1 and six groups of objectors (collectively, "Objectors")2 challenge the district court's decisions regarding attorney fee awards after the settlement of an antitrust class action against West Publishing Corp. and Kaplan, Inc. In this opinion, we address nine separate appeals, which challenge the propriety of...

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