context: That practice has now been defined, in a number of recent decisions within this circuit, as requiring a contingency enhancement of 100 percent for the class of cases relevant here.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 710 F.Supp. 1, 6, 9
citation_a.parenthetical: awarding enhancement of 100 percent and finding "that the attorney market in the District of Columbia requires contingency enhancements of 100% to 200%"
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Thompson v. Kennickell, 710 F.Supp. 1, 6, 9 (D.D.C.1989) (awarding enhancement of 100 percent and finding “that the attorney market in the District of Columbia requires contingency enhancements of 100% to 200%”); Palmer v. Shultz, 679 F.Supp. at 74 (“at least 100 percent” for fully contingent cases); Broderick v. Ruder, Civ. No. 86-1834, Mem. Op. at 4 (D.D.C. Sept. 13, 1989) (awarding 100 percent enhancement); see also McKenzie, 875 F.2d at 336 (upholding a 50 percent enhancement, which plaintiff had not appealed, as permissible but describing it as “below the Title VII contingency enhancements typically awarded in this circuit”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 875 F.2d 336, 336
citation_b.parenthetical: upholding a 50 percent enhancement, which plaintiff had not appealed, as permissible but describing it as "below the Title VII contingency enhancements typically awarded in this circuit"
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Thompson v. Kennickell, 710 F.Supp. 1, 6, 9 (D.D.C.1989) (awarding enhancement of 100 percent and finding “that the attorney market in the District of Columbia requires contingency enhancements of 100% to 200%”); Palmer v. Shultz, 679 F.Supp. at 74 (“at least 100 percent” for fully contingent cases); Broderick v. Ruder, Civ. No. 86-1834, Mem. Op. at 4 (D.D.C. Sept. 13, 1989) (awarding 100 percent enhancement); see also McKenzie, 875 F.2d at 336 (upholding a 50 percent enhancement, which plaintiff had not appealed, as permissible but describing it as “below the Title VII contingency enhancements typically awarded in this circuit”).