Attorneys Win $900,000 in Fees in Unaccompanied Migrant Lawsuit

Attorneys who represented a class of unaccompanied migrant children collected more than $900,000 in fees Tuesday after a district court ruled that only a 15% reduction of the award was appropriate.

A 15% reduction from the attorneys’ original request of just over $1 million is appropriate considering there were deficient billing entries in the fee bid, Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher said in a memorandum opinion. The US District Court for the District of Maryland partially granted the attorneys’ bid for the fees, rejected the US Department of Homeland Security’s argument that the fee award is inappropriate, and denied its ...