Sacardi v. Green Field Churrascaria, Inc.

5 Citing cases

  1. Nicaisse v. Mel S. Harris & Assocs., LLC

    14-cv-1569(ADS)(AYS) (E.D.N.Y. Sep. 19, 2015)   Cited 4 times
    Taking judicial notice of the public records of the New York State Unified Court System available on its website

    A reasonable hourly rate for a junior associate is $100 to $150. See id.; Sacardi v. Green Field Churrascaria, Inc., 10-cv-5605, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 149515, at *2-*3 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 17, 2012). Sasson, however, requests an hourly rate double the upper end of that range.

  2. Hassan v. N.Y.C.

    11cv5382 (JBW) (VMS) (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 10, 2014)   Cited 3 times

    See, e.g., Henning v. City of N.Y., No. 09 Civ. 3998 (ARR) (LB), 2012 WL 2700505, at *1 n.2 (E.D.N.Y. July 5, 2012); People v. Davis, 964 N.Y.S.2d 61 (N.Y. Sup. Kings Cty. 2012) (Table); People v. Diaz, 943 N.Y.S.2d 793 (N.Y. Sup. Bronx Cty. 2011) (Table) (an I-card is "a device detectives use to notify patrol officers that a person is wanted for questioning either as a witness or a suspect"). See, e.g., Man Wei Shiu v. New Peking Taste, Inc., No. 11 Civ. 1175 (NGG), 2013 WL 2351370, at *13 (E.D.N.Y. May 28, 2013) (awarding $275.00 hourly fee to attorney with ten years' experience in FLSA cases and $225.00 per hour to a mid-level associate); Sacardi v. Green Field Churrascaria, Inc., No. 10 Civ. 5605 (BMC), 2012 WL 4979195, at *1 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 17, 2012) (awarding $275.00 per hour to an associate with nine years of experience in an FLSA and NYLL matter); La Barbera v. Les Sub-Surface Plumbing, Inc., No. 03 Civ. 6076 (BMC), 2006 WL 3628024 (E.D.N.Y. Dec. 11, 2006) (awarding $250.00 per hour in fees for an associate with six years of experience on an unopposed fees motion in an FLSA and NYLL case). In light of the prevailing rates for attorneys with similar levels of experience and sophistication, concentration and work in the Eastern District, and the lack of complexity in the case, as well as Defendants' counsel's agreement, I respectfully recommend that the Court accept Defendants' proposal that an appropriate hourly rate for Mr. Peterson is $325.00.

  3. Townes v. City of N.Y.

    12 Civ. 3201 (BMC) (E.D.N.Y. Jan. 14, 2013)   Cited 2 times

    The practice of rounding to the nearest 1/10 of an hour does not concern me because in the end, it generally averages out. There are, apparently, lawyers who keep time in 1/100ths of an hour increments, see e.g., Sacardi v. Green Field Churrascaria. Inc., No. 10 Civ. 5605, 2012 WL 4979195 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 17, 2012), but this practice goes above and beyond what has generally been required by courts in this Circuit. Moreover, had Mr. Harvis kept time in increments of one-quarter of an hour, instead of in increments of one-tenth of an hour, the issue of rounding might be more important.

  4. Spence v. Ellis

    CV 07-5249 (TCP)(ARL) (E.D.N.Y. Dec. 19, 2012)   Cited 16 times
    Reducing hours in attorneys' fees application because the "substantial amount of block billing in the fee requests here renders it difficult to determine whether, and/or the extent to which the work done by plaintiff's attorneys is duplicative or unnecessary"

    Recent decisions from the Eastern District of New York have approved hourly fee rates in the range of $200 to $450 for partners, $100 to $300 per hour for associates, and $70 to $100 per hour for legal assistants. See Hugee, 852 F. Supp. 2d at 298-99 (internal quotation marks and citations omitted) (collecting cases); see Sacardi v. Green Field Churrascaria, Inc., No. 10 Civ. 5605, 2012 WL 4979195, at *1 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 17, 2012) (observing that "[o]verall, hourly rates for attorneys approved in recent Eastern District of New York cases have ranged from $200 to $350 for partners, $200 to $250 for senior associates, $100 to $150 for junior associates, and $70 to $80 for legal assistants"); Dowdell v. Imhof, No. 10-CV-1332 (SJF)(ARL), 2012 WL 959474, at *2-3 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 19, 2012) (observing courts in the Eastern District of New York have found hourly rates between $200 and $375 to be reasonable for partner-level attorneys, rates between $100 and $295 to be reasonable for associate-level attorneys, and rates between $70 and $80 to be reasonable for legal assistants, paralegals and interns, and awarding in a civil rights action an hourly rate of $375 for attorney practicing for 25 years or longer, and hourly rate of $350 for an attorney practicing close to 20 years given their level of experience, and an hourly rate of $150 for a junior associate admitted to the New York bar in 2010) (collecting cases); see als

  5. Monserrate v. Tequipment, Inc.

    11 CV 6090 (RML) (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 16, 2012)   Cited 5 times
    Lowering attorney fees from 20 percent of the total settlement award to 15 percent of the total settlement award

    (Id., Ex. A.) Defendants correctly note that these rates exceed those typically awarded in the Eastern District of New York in similar cases. See Sacardi v. Green Field Churrascaria, Inc., No. 10 Civ. 5605, 2012 WL 4979195, at *1 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 17, 2012) (observing that "'[o]verall, hourly rates for attorneys approved in recent Eastern District of New York cases have ranged from $200 to $350 for partners, $200 to $250 for senior associates, $100 to $150 for junior associates, and $70 to $80 for legal assistants.'") (quoting Cho v. Koam Med. Servs. P.C., 524 F. Supp. 2d 202, 207 (E.D.N.Y. 2007)); see also Jemine v. Dennis, No. 08 CV 3072, 2012 WL 4482769, at *23 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 28, 2012) (stating that "the prevailing hourly rates for partners in this district are between $300 and $400" and recommending that junior associates be compensated at the rate of $150 per hour); Lochren v. County of Suffolk, No. 01 CV 3925, 2010 WL 1207418, at *3 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 23, 2010) (awarding attorney with twelve years of experience an hourly rate of $375). Plaintiffs' counsel also claims to have spent 371 attorney and paralegal hours on this matter.