Greater St. Louis Construction Laborers Welfare Fund et al v. Marshall Contracting, LLC

Filing 42

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that Defendant Marshall Contracting, LLC, shall be held liable for Plaintiffs attorneys fees and costs in the amounts of $1,374.00 for attorneys fees and $140.82 in costs, fo r a total award of $1,514.82. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs shall effect service of this Order and the Court's Orders of July 23, 2013 (Doc. No. 30) and February 25, 2014 (Doc. No. 39) on Defendant by whatever means they believe to be most effective, and shall promptly file a certificate of such service. Signed by District Judge John A. Ross on 3/7/14. (ARL)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION

GREATER ST. LOUIS CONSTRUCTION
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LABORERS WELFARE FUND, an employee )
benefit plan, et al,
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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MARSHALL CONTRACTING, LLC,
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Defendant.
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No. 4:12-CV-524-JAR

SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
The Court is in receipt of counsel’s affidavit filed in support of Plaintiffs’ request for an award
of attorneys' fees and costs of its motions for default order of accounting and contempt (Doc. No.
41), which request was granted by the Court in its Order of February 25, 2014. (Doc. No. 39)
In his affidavit, counsel states that his firm’s standard hourly billing rate in 2013 and 2014 is
$180.00 for partners, $170.00 for associates, and $90.00 for paralegal services. In the instant case,
counsel’s billing records reflect that he performed 4.3 hours of attorney services. The billing records
reflect an additional 3.2 hours of associate attorney services, 0.1 hours of partner services, and 0.9
hours of paralegal services. In connection with this matter, counsel states his firm expended $54.32
for service of the Court’s January 22, 2014 Order by special process server and $86.50 in court
reporter costs related to the August 22, 2013 deposition where Jim Marshall of Defendant Marshall
Contracting, LLC failed to attend.
Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that Defendant Marshall
Contracting, LLC, shall be held liable for Plaintiffs’ attorneys fees and costs in the amounts of
$1,374.00 for attorneys fees and $140.82 in costs, for a total award of $1,514.82.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs shall effect service of this Order and the Court's
Orders of July 23, 2013 (Doc. No. 30) and February 25, 2014 (Doc. No. 39) on Defendant by
whatever means they believe to be most effective, and shall promptly file a certificate of such service.

Dated this 7th day of March, 2014.

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JOHN A. ROSS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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