Roger D. Pentecost v. Anthony J. Principi

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “[g]iven his extensive experience in veterans law, the request that the services of James Stewart, the non[ Jattor-ney practitioner in this case, be valued at $120 per hour (without COL[A]) is reasonable”
• noting that the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs expected the work of non-attorney practitioners to be determined “based upon the prevailing market rates for the kind and quality of the services furnished”
• stating that the Court “cannot, in the exercise of common sense, order that nonattorney practitioners be compensated as attorneys, but neither is their compensation to be limited by the prevailing market rate for paralegals”
• stating that “[w]e cannot, in the exercise of common sense, order that non[ ]attorney practitioners be compensated as attorneys, but neither is their compensation to be limited by the prevailing market rate for paralegals”
• “Recognizing that the skill and experience of both supervised and unsupervised non-attorney practitioners admitted to practice in this Court may be exceptional, the Court will consider these factors for determining reasonable fees for these practitioners.”
• Congress enacted the Veterans Benefits Act of 2002 to override our decision and clarify that non- attorney practitioners could collect EAJA

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).