Disability Claimant Awarded Attorney Fees After Reduction In Attorneys’ Billable Hours

(September 6, 2017, 4:36 PM EDT) -- YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — An Ohio federal judge on Aug. 23 awarded a disability claimant more than $21,000 in attorney fees after reducing the amount of hours billed by the claimant’s attorneys for prelitigation fees and attorney-fee-related work as those hours cannot be recovered (Tina Myers v. Mutual of Omaha Life Insurance Co., No. 14-2421, N.D. Ohio, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 135079)....

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