BLACKMAN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Civil Action Nos. 97-1629 (PLF), 97-2402(PLF).

677 F.Supp.2d 169 (2010)

Mikeisha BLACKMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

January 4, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn W. Houck, Haylie Michelle Iseman, Michael J. Eig, Michael J. Eig & Associates, P.C., Chevy Chase, MD, Myrna Lee Fawcett, Bonita A. Jones-Moon, Fawcett & Fawcett, Ira A. Burnim, Ronald Lee Drake, Margaret A. Kohn, Donna L. Wulkan, Travis A. Murrell, Anna Elizabeth Jenefsky, Karen D. Alvarez, Tilman L. Gerald, Law Offices of Tilman L. Gerald, Jane Irene Ryan, Steptoe & Johnson, L.L.P., James E. Williams, Elizabeth T. Jester, Jester & Willams, Joseph B. Tulman, University of DC, David A. Clarke School of Law, Washington, DC, Paul S. Dalton, Dalton, Dalton & Houston, P.C., Ellen Douglass Dalton, Dalton & Dalton, PC, Alexandria, VA, Diana Marjorie Savit, Savit & Szymkowicz, LLP, Bethesda, MD, Matthew B. Bogin, Rockville, MD, for Plaintiffs.

Amy Caspari, Maria L. Merkowitz, Richard Allan Latterell, Veronica A. Porter, Daniel Albert Rezneck, Office of the Attorney General, Cary D. Pollak, Robert Ray Rigsby, Office of Corporation Counsel, Lisa Annette Bell, O'Riordan, Bethal Law Firm, LLP, Robert C. Utiger, DC Attorney General, Peter J. Nickles, Veleter Mazych, Washington, DC, Laurie Pouzzner McManus, Arlington, VA, for Defendants.


OPINION

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on plaintiffs' petition for attorneys' fees and costs. Plaintiffs seek $1,954,302.28 in fees, costs and expenses for the period from July 26, 2006 through December 31, 2008. Defendants are not opposed to awarding plaintiffs' counsel some amount in attorneys' fees and do not contest the amount of costs and expenses sought, but they argue that the amount of fees requested should...

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