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‘It Will Be Gargantuan’: Seven figure estimate given on legal fees City would spend on appeal

‘It Will Be Gargantuan’: Seven figure estimate given on legal fees City would spend on appeal

01/03/2019 8:17 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Plantiff attorney in voting rights case against the City of Santa Monica gives estimate.

An attorney representing the plaintiffs in a voting rights case against the City of Santa Monica estimates that the City will spend at least $10,000,000 in legal fees if they decide to appeal the judge’s final decision.

“Last I heard Boutrous [Theodore J. Boutrous Jr.], the guy who argued the remedy motion a couple weeks ago, his billing rate is $2,000 an hour and then they have two other lawyers in the room and one of them is a partner so he is going to be over $1,000 an hour.