Dorsaneo v. Dorsaneo
Filing
142
ORDER GRANTING IN PART MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES 118 . Signed by Judge Vince Chhabria on 5/11/2018. (vclc1S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/11/2018)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
TETYANA DORSANEO,
Case No. 17-cv-00765-VC
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART
MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES
v.
EDWARD MATTHEW DORSANEO,
Re: Dkt. No. 118
Defendant.
The motion for attorneys' fees is granted in part. Edward's proposal to trim the fee award
to the amount expended by his own lawyers is not reasonable, because the work performed by
Edward's lawyers was almost entirely worthless. However, after reviewing the papers and the
supporting materials submitted by Tetyana's lawyers, the Court concludes that, although the rates
charged for the work are reasonable, the decision to use four lawyers on the case, which was not
intensely complicated, has made their billings unduly inefficient. To remedy this inefficiency
and ensure that Edward is not forced to pay an unfair amount in attorneys' fees, the Court will
excise half of Jennifer Panicker's billings and half of Sean Fredin's billings. The request for a
multiplier is denied. Although the conduct of Edward's lawyers made the case more difficult
than it needed to be, the level of difficulty and complexity was not so high as to justify a
multiplier. Accordingly, Edward is ordered to pay Tetyana $94,259.68 in attorneys' fees.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: May 11, 2018
______________________________________
VINCE CHHABRIA
United States District Judge
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