United States Sixth Circuit

In an action claiming, inter alia, unlawful retaliation when 62-year-old plaintiff was fired three months after he filed a charge with the EEOC that alleged both age and national-origin discrimination, a judgment and an award of attorney's fees, costs, and interest for plaintiff are affirmed over claims that: 1) plaintiff failed to establish a prima facie case of retaliation or prove that defendant's proffered reason for terminating him was a pretext to hide retaliation; 2) a paralegal's fees and expenses to attend certain depositions were unnecessary and unreasonable; 3) billing descriptions were insufficient; and 4) plaintiff had only limited success on his various claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/08/2008
• Published 02/08/2008

Judges

• Before:  DAUGHTREY and GILMAN, Circuit Judges;  EDMUNDS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Mark J. Stepaniak, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellants.  George M. Reul, Jr., Freking & Betz, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Mark J. Stepaniak, Doreen Canton, Rachel S. Zahniser, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellants.  George M. Reul, Jr., Randolph H. Freking, Freking & Betz, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellee.