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duplfoation. Thero are other exampi~a. ~uah as soaaa haaringe.
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re~rearch and other aaattere. ~Nowevex, the+ Conrti doee »ot feel the
duplioatio~ i~ to the eame ex~e~t as opined by tbe `~xpert -
~itnese for P2a~int3~~f. .
Accordingly, th,~ Court finds~the time reaROnable exp~nded by
the attorney for th~ Da~endant ~n this aaoe to~be 10:75 houre. ~ `
, The next step for the Ccurt is to detercaine the~.~ reaaonable
- hourly~ rate due to Defenda~t'e: afitorney fox this ty~e of -
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,litigation. - The Court har ooneidered all of ths crfteria -for
thii~ ia~ae ~s eet torth in ow and the~ tes~imany o~ tbe =
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witneeaer. It finds a re~eonable rate for : Defendant' e attorney to
_ be $150.00 per hour. ~
Baeed upon'the fcregoi~g, the lodestar result ih th3.e caee
is $1,6I2.50.~ ~
When , a prevai.ling party' e csoun~ael i• employed on a
contingency basis, Rot~+e at ,1151 requries the tri.al court to ~
coraeider a ao~tingency riak #a~tor in aMarding attorneys fees. ,
iqhile the Court does ~ot have a problem W~th Defendant's coune~l
handling thia case on a contingenvy baeia, it is concerned ~about -
the fact that the arrange~ent wag not reduced to writing. Rule~
4- 1.5(1) and t2I of the rules Regulating. The Florida Bar
require all contingec?t fee aontracte to be in writing. ~
8owever, under the "PREAMHLSt 8cope" of the Rulee, i~
appeare alear to Lhe Court that they are not to be~ utilized by .
- oppoeing partiee ae a defen$e in caees sucb se thie. T~erefore.~ ~
thig Court ghould consider the c+~ntingency risk faetor 8nd it
f~els ,a a~ultiplier of 2,0 to be reseonable. ~ -
It ie thereupc~n ' ~ , -
ORDER~D AND AD.70DGED that Defendante, RAYMOND B. TI[~M and -
SDZRNNB TIMM, hi~ wife, do have and recover frora P~aintiff, THE
_ ATT~AIQTI8 BUILDYNG B. COND(HrlINItIM A884CIATION,, INC. , as reasonabie _
attorney• ~ee~ fn th3e ina~ter the sum of $3,225.00 !or which let
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