Opinion
Civil Action 23-2018 24-53
10-15-2024
ROBERT SOFALY, Plaintiff, v. PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC, Defendant. DAMIEN MALCOLM, Plaintiff v. PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC, Defendant.
MEMORANDUM
CATHY BISSOON UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Defendant's Motion for fees and costs, which has been cross-filed in the two cases, will be granted. The legal standards recited in Defendant's Motion are accurate and controlling, and the attorney's fees, costs and expenses are documented in detail. Counsel have provided thorough billing statements, assessed in tenth-of-an-hour increments. The hours billed are commensurate with the procedural postures in each case. The Court finds counsels' billing rates, and hours spent, to be reasonable.
The Court will award $20,531.00 in attorney's fees in Sofaly, and $3,356.00 in Malcolm. Expenses and costs will be awarded in a total amount of $4,499.90, prorated evenly between the cases. Orders in each case will follow.