United States Ninth Circuit

An order awarding plaintiff attorney's fees in an ERISA matter is affirmed in part, but vacated in part pursuant to plaintiff's challenge where the district court erred in setting plaintiff's counsel's hourly rate at $250 and in imposing a 20 percent across-the-board reduction for block billing.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/19/2006
• Decided 03/06/2007
• Published 03/06/2007

Judges

• FISHER, Circuit Judge:, Before: FISHER and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges, and COLLINS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lisa S. Kantor (argued) and Glenn R. Kantor, Kantor & Kantor LLP, Northridge, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eric R. McDonough (argued) and Lawrence E. Butler, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.