Hourly Rate Used To Calculate Disability Claimant’s Attorney Fees Was Reasonable

(April 1, 2020, 1:21 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — An award of attorney fees based on an hourly rate of $600 for a disability claimant’s attorney was not unreasonable because the hourly rate is consistent with the hourly rate used by other courts in the Southern District of New York, a New York federal judge said March 27 in denying the claimant’s motion for reconsideration (Cherylle McFarlane v. First Unum Life Insurance Co., No. 16-7806, S.D. N.Y., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 54319)....

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