1999 was $150.00. This evidence clearly fails to support plaintiffs’ claim that the prevailing rates for Alexandria, Virginia, are reflected in the Laffey Matrix. Plaintiffs, in their Reply Brief, belatedly proffer the affidavit of Joe R. Reeder, the managing partner of a large law Arm with offices both in Washington, D.C., and at Tysons Corner in McLean, Virginia, who avers that his firm’s partner rates range between $300.00 and $500.00 per hour for both offices, and that his personal billing rate is $485.00 per hour. Yet, beyond the simple fact that McLean, Virginia, is not Alexandria, Virginia, this evidence does not suffice to establish that the prevailing market rates for Alexandria, Virginia, are those that plaintiffs use. See Spell v. McDaniel, 824 F.2d 1380, 1402 (4th Cir.1987) (<HOLDING>). First, evidence of the rates charged by one
holding that reasonable fees must be calculated according to the prevailing market rates in the relevant community regardless of whether plaintiff is represented by private or nonprofit counsel recognizing that rates awarded in other cases do not set the prevailing market rateonly the market can do that holding that absent other evidence of prevailing market rates the district judge may establish a reasonable rate based on his familiarity with the prevailing rates in the area holding that the fee applicant must produce specific evidence of the prevailing market rates in the relevant community for the type of work for which he seeks an award holding that a district judge may rely on his own knowledge of private firm hourly rates in the community in determining the prevailing market rate