What is the burden of establishing that a lawyer's fees are commensurate with those of a similar lawyer in the community?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Garcia v. Schlumberger Lift Sols., Case No.: 1:18-cv-01261-DAD JLT (E.D. Cal. 2020):

The fee applicant bears a burden to establish that the requested rates are commensurate "with those prevailing in the community for similar services by lawyers of reasonably comparable skill, experience, and reputation." Blum, 465 U.S. at 895 n.11. The applicant meets this burden by "produc[ing] satisfactory evidencein addition to the attorney's own affidavitsthat the requested rates are in line with those prevailing in the community for similar services by lawyers of reasonably comparable skill, experience and reputation." Id.; see also Chaudhry v. City of Los Angeles, 751 F.3d

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