Petitioners motion granted $3148.96 in travel, lodging, and translation
expenses. Petitioners motion seeking to recover $158,955.75 in attorneys fees
and costs denied without prejudice, subject to the receipt of additional
submissions. The vast majority of
$13,734.25 in costs asserted by Petitioners counsel comprised claimed
WestLaw charges. Petitioner failed to submit sufficient evidence of their
necessity or reasonableness and the claimed $13,329.15 appeared facially
excessive, particularly for practitioners with experience in this discrete
field of law. Petitioner given time to submit evidence going to the necessity
and reasonableness of the hours worked by her counsel, including submission of
an unredacted itemized billing record for in camera review, her counsels
claimed hourly rates, and the asserted research expenses. Respondent given an
opportunity to raise specific challenges to this evidence (other than the
portions of the attorney invoices that the Court reviews in camera). The Court
granted additional time for the Respondent to submit evidence regarding his
financial circumstances and for either party to report any disposition as to former
joint property or other assets.
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