A federal judge has rejected a “breathtaking” $3.1 million fee request submitted by Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, awarding the firm only a fraction of the money it sought for winning a fight over a downpayment on a luxury apartment co-operative.
Southern District Judge William Pauley said he had conducted a “mind-numbing review” of Kramer Levin’s billing records in Campbell v. Mark Hotel Sponsor, 09 Civ. 9644, but declined “to recapitulate that review” in his opinion to “avoid undue embarrassment to a fine law firm like Kramer Levin” in his opinion.
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