Free Motion for Cost and Fees - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
PERRON SHORTER JR., : CIVIL- ACTION NO.
Plaintiff : 3:I}3—cv-149 (WIC)
HARTFORD I<`Il"€A.NClA.L
SERVICES GROUP, INC., : FEBRUARY 9, 2I]·il5
Defendant :
AFFIDAVIT OF PETER B. PRESTLEY
Peter B. Prcstley, being first duly swcrn, hereby depeses and states as tcllews:
l. This atlidavit is subntittcd in snppcrt ef the fee applieatien made by Attcrncy
Rachel Zvi. Baird in the abeve-captiened matter.
2. I have been a practicing atterncy fer 33 years.
3. I received my Juris Dcctcr frent the University ef Cctuiecticut in IQF2. I have
been a member ef the Cennecticut bar since 1922 and the District ef Cetineetieut since 193*5.
4. lwas the Deputy General Ceurtsel cf Travelers Insurance Cempany untii l9El4.
ln that capacity, l was respensible far tnajcr and cemplex litigatien, inclttding empleyment and
crnplcyee benefit matters.
5. In IQST, I cenuncneed private practice representing exclusively individuals in
enipleyrnent-related matters.
6. I was the farmer Chair ef the American Ear Asseciaticn Jeint Cemmittce cn
Etnpleyee Denetits, the ABA’s lead eunimittee en ernpleyee benefits, which werks attnually with
Ccngessicnal staff en legislative and regulatery pclicy develcprnent. I was alse ferrner Chair et`
the 35,i]·l'Jl‘§l member Tert and Insurance Practice Seetien {TIPS] efthe ABA, and tbtmer Chair ef
that Scctien"s Empleyec Benelits Cetntnittee.

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T. Additionally, I have written and lectured in the area of employment practice on
many oocasions over the past thirty years.
3. I am a current tnember of the ltlational Employment Lawyers Association and the
Irlarlford County Bar Association.
9. My Martindale Hubbell rating is AV — that publication’s highest rating.
I0. As an attorney with more than thirty years of expetience, I am familiar with the
prevailing rates for counsel in employment eases in Connecticut.
l l. I am familiar with the legal work of Rachel Baird. I have reviewed her
experience and qualilications and know of her reputation as a skilled attorney. Ms. Baird is well
qualified to try eases involving state and federal employment laws.
I2. Ms. Baird’s hourly rate of S300 is reasonable and consistent with the prevailing
fee for attorneys with her degee of experience and expertise. My eurreut hourly rate is 53Si for
handling similar matters.
13. I ant over eighteen and believe in the obligations of an oath.
Further the afiiant sayeth not.
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Pegr B. Prestieyl
Personally appeared before me the above-named Peter B. Prestley on February 0, 2005
and rnade oath that the foregoing AEdavit is based upon his personal knovvleclge and is true and
accurate. _ .
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