A judge has awarded $4.9 million in legal fees and costs to the attorneys for two men who won a $36 million jury verdict in a malicious prosecution case against Nassau County.

Attorneys at Neufeld Scheck & Brustin were entitled to the sum for their years of work representing John Restivo and Dennis Halstead in a hard-fought civil rights litigation, Eastern District Judge Joanna Seybert determined Monday.

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