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Time For A Reality Check: Facing The 900 Pound Gorilla In Attorney Fee Awards In Federal Civil Rights Cases, Todd P. Prugar
Time For A Reality Check: Facing The 900 Pound Gorilla In Attorney Fee Awards In Federal Civil Rights Cases, Todd P. Prugar
Todd P. Prugar
ABSTRACT
TIME FOR A REALITY CHECK: FACING THE 900 POUND GORILLA IN ATTORNEY FEE AWARDS IN FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS CASES
By Todd P. Prugar
There is a 900 pound gorilla in the room when courts attempt to calculate attorney fee awards in federal civil rights cases. That 900 pound gorilla is the impact that the prevalence of contingency fee agreements on the court’s ability calculate attorney fee awards that reflect reality.
Part I of this article traces the development of the law regarding an award of attorney fees in federal civil rights cases. The article follows the sometimes tortuous and …