context: Alternatively, construing the factual record based on Pontikes' affidavit, this court finds that the "legal assistants" are either law students or paralegals who worked under the direct supervision of an attorney, i.e., Pontikes.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: "a 'reasonable attorney's fee' cannot have been meant to compensate only work performed personally by members of the bar"
citation_a.sentence: See Missouri v. Jenkins by Agyei, 491 U.S. 274, 285, 109 S.Ct. 2463, 105 L.Ed.2d 229 (1989) ("a 'reasonable attorney’s fee’ cannot have been meant to compensate only work performed personally by members of the bar”); see also Richlin Security Service Co. v. Chertoff, 553 U.S. 571, 128 S.Ct. 2007, 2010, 170 L.Ed.2d 960 (2008) ("fees for paralegal services must be recoverable at prevailing market rates” under 5 U.S.C. § 504); Case v. Unified School District No. 233, 157 F.3d 1243, 1249 (10th Cir.1998) (section 1988 "fees for attorneys, law clerks, and legal assistants are all determined” using lodestar method); Erath v. Academic Stone Setters, Inc., 2008 WL 4146200, *3 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 8, 2008) ("affirmation” setting out "description of the billing rates as ... $75 per hour for legal assistants” considered reasonable and recoverable albeit in different community); see also Cook v. Brown, 68 F.3d 447, 453 (Fed.Cir.1995) (courts approve "inclusion of fees for paralegals, law clerks, and law students ... on the theory that their work con tributed to their supervising attorney’s work product, was traditionally done and billed by attorneys, and could be done effectively by nonattorneys under supervision for a lower rate, thereby lowering overall litigation costs”); see, e.g., Dixon v. International Brotherhood of Police Officers, 434 F.Supp.2d at 87 (awarding fees to “paralegals and law students”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: "fees for paralegal services must be recoverable at prevailing market rates" under 5 U.S.C. SS 504
citation_b.sentence: See Missouri v. Jenkins by Agyei, 491 U.S. 274, 285, 109 S.Ct. 2463, 105 L.Ed.2d 229 (1989) ("a 'reasonable attorney’s fee’ cannot have been meant to compensate only work performed personally by members of the bar”); see also Richlin Security Service Co. v. Chertoff, 553 U.S. 571, 128 S.Ct. 2007, 2010, 170 L.Ed.2d 960 (2008) ("fees for paralegal services must be recoverable at prevailing market rates” under 5 U.S.C. § 504); Case v. Unified School District No. 233, 157 F.3d 1243, 1249 (10th Cir.1998) (section 1988 "fees for attorneys, law clerks, and legal assistants are all determined” using lodestar method); Erath v. Academic Stone Setters, Inc., 2008 WL 4146200, *3 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 8, 2008) ("affirmation” setting out "description of the billing rates as ... $75 per hour for legal assistants” considered reasonable and recoverable albeit in different community); see also Cook v. Brown, 68 F.3d 447, 453 (Fed.Cir.1995) (courts approve "inclusion of fees for paralegals, law clerks, and law students ... on the theory that their work con tributed to their supervising attorney’s work product, was traditionally done and billed by attorneys, and could be done effectively by nonattorneys under supervision for a lower rate, thereby lowering overall litigation costs”); see, e.g., Dixon v. International Brotherhood of Police Officers, 434 F.Supp.2d at 87 (awarding fees to “paralegals and law students”).