The Supreme Court recently heard arguments in Perdue v. Kenny A., a suit brought by Georgia challenging a $4.5 million fee enhancement that rewarded lawyers who had succeeded in reforming the state’s foster care system. The enhancement was on top of a $6 million “lodestar” award. There was a fascinating exchange between Chief Justice Roberts and […]
The Supreme Court recently heard arguments in Perdue v. Kenny A., a suit brought by Georgia challenging a $4.5 million fee enhancement that rewarded lawyers who had succeeded in reforming the state’s foster care system. The enhancement was on top of a $6 million “lodestar” award.
There was a fascinating exchange between Chief Justice Roberts and Paul Clements, the attorney for Children’s Rights, Inc., about the role of lawyers in the legal system. Roberts opined that better advocacy did not necessarily achieve better results: “The results that are obtained are presumably the results that are dictated or commanded or required under the law.” Clements countered by saying, “I have seen lawyers come into this Court and concede a point in oral argument, and I have seen that prominently featured in the Court’s opinion. So it does seem to me that sometimes the quality of the performance and the results obtained do depend on the lawyer’s performance.”
Read about it at Law.com.
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