U.S. District Chief Judge Claudia Wilken of the Northern District of California had awarded about 36 percent of the $1.95 million in attorney fees sought by lawyers at Kerr & Wagstaffe and The Jaffe Law Firm in San Francisco. But attorneys for UPS at Paul Hastings argued that the award should be cropped further because plaintiff Kim Muniz recovered comparatively little in damages and had not prevailed on most of her claims.
Muniz sued UPS in 2009 alleging retaliation as well as age and gender discrimination after she was demoted from a management position.
