2nd Circuit Affirms Attorney Fee Award, Finds No Abuse Of Discretion In Reduced Award

Mealey's (September 12, 2019, 2:07 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 10 affirmed a district court’s award of attorney fees to a disability claimant after determining that the lower court did not err in reducing the hourly rate for the award of attorney fees because the claimant’s counsel failed to show that the requested hourly rates are the prevailing rates for the district in which the law firm is located (Janet Solnin v. Sun Life and Health Insurance Co., et al., No. 18-3042, 2nd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 27199)....