Goldman Gender-Bias Suit Lawyers Ask for $72 Million in Fees

The lawyers who secured a $215 million settlement in a class action suit accusing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. of systemically underpaying thousands of female bankers asked the judge to award them a third of that amount in legal fees.

Law firms Outten & Golden and Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein on Wednesday night filed a request in Manhattan federal court for $71.7 million in fees, plus $6.7 million in expenses, which would be taken from the settlement. Goldman had previously agreed to the amount when it agreed to settle the case in May.

Fees of 30% or more aren’t uncommon ...