Iqbal Mathur, Marilyn F. Longwell and John P. Madden v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University

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• observing that lodestar amount is obtained by multiplying the number of hours an attorney reasonably worked on the litigation by a reasonable hourly rate
• explaining that, if attorney does not provide evidence of her billing rate for comparable work, district court may look to evidence of what other attorneys in the community charge for that work
• explaining that, if attorney does not provide evidence of her billing rate for comparable work, district court may look to evidence of what other attorneys in the com- munity charge for that work
• noting the court only looks to other evidence if an attorney is unable to provide evidence of his or her actual billing rates
• stating that attorney’s practice is the presumptive market practice
• “Fee-shifting statutes in civil rights legislation are intended to allow litigants access to attorneys who would otherwise be inaccessible, given the low retainers many plaintiffs can afford.” (citing City of Riverside v. Rivera, 477 U.S. 561, 576 (1986))

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