Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson scored a dream payday Thursday when a federal judge awarded the Miami-based law firm $249 million in fees for its successful representation of gas station owners in a $1.1 billion class action case against ExxonMobil. Judge Alan S. Gold's ruling ends a ferocious battle among various attorneys and constitutes one of the largest fee awards on record. Gold awarded Stearns Weaver 75 percent of the total fees; four other firms will split the remainder.
July 07, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Miami law firm Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson scored a dream payday Thursday when a Miami federal judge awarded the law firm $249 million in fees for its successful representation of gas station owners in a $1.1 billion class action case against ExxonMobil.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Alan S. Gold ends a ferocious fee battle between various attorneys who represented the plaintiffs, including Pertnoy Solowsky & Allen in Miami.
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