Josefina Cabrales v. County of Los Angeles Ronald Black, Josefina Cabrales, Cross v. County of Los Angeles Ronald Black, Cross-Appellees

Counsel for appellee, Stephen Yagman, has requested fees for services rendered by his firm, Yagman & Yagman, in connection with the appeal of the County of Los Ange-les from a judgment rendered in favor of Yagman’s client, Josephina Cabrales.

The Yagman firm was awarded $152,-284.75 for services rendered through the trial. We affirmed the judgment on appeal. 864 F.2d 1454 . The firm now claims an additional sum of $99,633.00 for services rendered in connection with the appeal.

The Yagman firm is entitled to reasonable fees for services rendered on this appeal. We find the hourly rate claimed to be excessive and unreasonable. We also find the hours claimed to be grossly excessive, unreasonable and poorly documented.

Mr. Yagman and Ms. Yagman were allowed $225.00 and $175.00 per hour respectively for their trial representation, less a 25% reduction because of their limited success. Both claim fees on appeal calculated at $250.00 per hour. We believe that the amount allowed for trial representation (without reduction for limited success) to be a reasonable hourly amount to be allowed for their appellate representation. Accordingly, it is ordered that fees allowed to Stephen Yagman…