What is sufficient to show that an attorney's hourly rates are reasonable?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Heffington v. FCA US LLC, No. 2:17-cv-00317-DAD-JLT (E.D. Cal. 2020):

generally sufficient to show that an attorney's hourly rates are reasonable.") (internal citation omitted). The fee applicant bears the burden of producing satisfactory evidence that the fees incurred were "reasonable in amount." Goglin, 4 Cal. App. 5th at 470 (quoting Nightingale, 31 Cal. App. 4th at 104); see also Blum v. Stenson, 465 U.S. 886, 895 n.11 (1984).

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