Real-Life Math -- Solution
Here are the calculations involved in the attorney fees:
Mayson -- Before Promotion
5 + 4.8 + 2.8 + 1.5 + 3.5 + 1.9 + 6.9 + 10.7 + 6.4 + 4.7 + 4.9 + 7.4 + 6.9 + 8.5 + 6 = 81.9 hours
Mayson -- After Promotion
2.5 + 4.8 + 0.3 + 2.8 + 0.4 + 0.2 + 8.4 = 19.4 hours
Bing
0.60 + 2 + 2 = 4.6 hours
Leopold
4 + 2.5 = 6.5 hours
Turner
0.5 + 0.5 + 0.25 = 1.25 hours
Hours spent by each attorney
Mayson
$81.9 hrs x $90/hr. = $7,371
$19.4 hrs x $110/hr. = $2,134
Total Fee = $9,505
Bing
4.6 hrs x $125/hr. = $575
Leopold
6.5 hrs x $40/hr. = $260
Turner
1.25 x $55/hr. = $68.75
Total you get for the Motion to Assess Attorney Fees
$9,505 + $575 +$260 + $68.75 = $10,408.75
Bill of Costs
You can only recover the costs for copying and for taking the depositions, so you can ignore the other expenses:
Copies
$286.81
Depositions
$2,743.25
Total for the Bill of Costs
$286.81 + $2,743.25 = $3,030.06
Now add the totals from the 2 documents together for the grand total of expenses you can ask to be recovered and you get $13,438.81.
Since there are 4 defendants (the driver, the employer, the bartender, and the bar) divide that total by 4, and you find out that Charles Raymond will pay $3,359.70.
You need to be pretty handy in math as a paralegal, especially in certain areas like tax law.
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