In Rynd v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 2012 WL 939247 (M.D. Fla. March 20, 2012), Download Rynd v. Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co. (M.D. Fla. Case No. 8.09cv1556, Order Filed March 20, 2012) PUBLIC ACCESS, a Federal District Court considered a 57-page Report and Recommendation of a United States Magistrate Judge. The District Judge affirmed the Magistrate Judge's reduced hourly rates for Attorneys and Paralegals retained by the Plaintiff-Policyholder.
The Plaintiff apparently prevailed on an unspecified claim of Insurance Coverage in this case. He was (or more accurately, perhaps, his attorneys and paralegals were) awarded the following rates by the Federal Court in Tampa:
$275.00 per hour for the named principal in a Tampa law firm, which was one of the two law firms he retained, and whose time and/or rate was reduced from a claim of $425.00/hour;
$200.00 per hour for a second attorney, from a law firm in Miami which was the other law firm retained by the Plaintiff, and apparently with the next level in experience, for whom the Plaintiff requested $275.00/hour; and
$95.00/hour for a Paralegal rate, reduced from a request for $180/hour.
Rynd v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 2012 WL 939247 at *3.
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