FDNY Hit with $3.7 Million in Attorneys Fees

U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis has awarded attorneys for the Vulcan Society $3.7 million in fees for their work on the epic race discrimination suit against the city of New York and FDNY.

Judge Garaufis ruled that the attorneys were entitled to $300 to $500-per-hour based on the complexity of the issues in the case and the fact they were largely successful on the merits.

The attorneys originally sought $7.7 million in fees. The city argued that the Vulcan Society’s attorneys duplicated the work of government attorneys working on behalf of the EEOC. The city also argued that because the 2^nd Circuit overturned a number of Judge Garaufis’ rulings the attorneys had not even been successful.

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