rate for Peter F. Nadel is $300 per hour and that a rate of $250 per hour is reasonable for Joseph V. Willey. The time spent by various associates at Rosenman & Colin will be compensated at a rate of $85 per hour, the rate charged for an associate’s time at LeClair Ryan, because no information has been provided to the Court about the experience level of any of these associates, and the only evidence presented about the customary rates for an associate’s time is the fee charged for such services by LeClair Ryan. Finally, the Court will award no fees for the work of law clerks and paralegals because Plaintiff fails to present evidence of the billing custom or the rates billed for such in Richmond. See Missouri v. Jenkins, 491 U.S. 274, 286-87, 109 S.Ct. 2463, 105 L.Ed.2d 229 (1989) (<HOLDING>). Next, the Court must determine how many hours
recognizing absolute immunity to suits under 42 usc  1988 holding that the district court abused its discretion by telling the jury about the right of a prevailing plaintiff to attorney fees under 42 usc  1988 holding that plaintiffs were prevailing parties under 42 usc section 1988 despite dismissal of the appeal as moot and vacation of the district court judgment holding that 42 usc  1988 may permit recovery of those charges according to the custom of the community holding defendant may receive only the portion of his fees under 42 usc  1988 that he would not have paid but for the frivolous claim