Legal Opinion
Welch v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 5, 2007No. 04-56768PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Vicki Welch appeals the district court’s order awarding her attorney’s fees under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(g)(1). She disputes the district court’s decisions to award fees at an hourly rate of $250, to apply across-the-board reductions in the number of hours requested because Welch’s attorneys block billed and billed in quarter-hour increments and to disallow time incurred for discrete tasks such as attorney conferences. We affirm the district court’s fee award in most respects but reverse in part, holding that the district court erred in setting Welch’s…
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- Welch v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007