Legal Opinion
Pickett v. Sheridan Health Care Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 15, 2011No. 11-2146PublishedCited by 256 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Ernest T. Rossiello & Associates, P.C. successfully represented plaintiff Danielle Pickett in a Title VII retaliation suit against her employer, defendant Sheridan Health Care Center (“Sheridan”). The jury awarded $65,000 in damages to Pickett, and her attorneys then sought to recover attorneys’ fees in the amount of $131,665.88. The district court granted plaintiffs fee request in part and denied it in part, resulting in a fee award to Rossiello of $70,000.
Although we appreciate the district court’s desire to limit the substantial fees that Rossiello stands to recover…
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