Blizzard v. Astrue

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• granting de facto hourly rate of $705 in 2007 where counsel was efficient, filed non-boilerplate motions, and achieved “the greatest possible success”
• “[A] contingency fee arrangement provides an incentive to counsel to take on cases that are less than sure winners.”
• $705 net hourly rate did not render contingency fee award unreasonable; noting nationwide “net hourly rates [in Social Security cases] . . . rang[ing] from $20.31 per hour to $982 per hour”
• “[A] reduction in the agreed-upon contingency amount should not be made lightly.”
• approving fee that resulted in a $705 hourly rate
• approving a de facto hourly rate of $705.00

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).