A national gay rights group that sued North Dakota
on behalf of a same-sex couple is seeking $124,000 in legal fees, a
figure the organization calls modest compared with amounts other states
have paid after similar lawsuits.
Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit in June 2014 on behalf of Jan Jorgensen and Cindy Phillips, who live in Fargo. The couple married in Minnesota and sued North Dakota because the state wouldn’t recognize their marriage.
The group and the Minneapolis-based
Faegre Baker Daniels law firm have asked a federal judge to award a
total of $124,000 to 10 attorneys who worked on the case, noting the
lawyers accrued more than 380 billable hours.
That’s a modest request as far as marriage litigation is concerned, said Lambda Legal attorney Camilla Taylor, who noted that senior attorneys on the case even billed the state at cheaper rates than normal.
Under federal law, attorneys in federal civil rights cases
can petition a court to award fees and costs they accrue while fighting a
case if a court decides in their favor.
Gay rights group seeking $124,000 from North Dakota – LGBTQ Nation
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