A Cobb County Superior Court judge said Tuesday that an attorney fee request for nearly $20 million made him gasp initially, but he approved it as part of a $100 million settlement over a profit-sharing lawsuit brought by members of the Cobb Electric Membership Corp.
Judge J. Stephen Schuster praised the mediator, former Georgia Attorney General Mike Bowers, for trimming the payment to plaintiffs’ lawyers from $30 million to $19.8 million. The judge also lauded both sides’ lawyers, saying the EMC’s shift from a combative large law firm to its current counsel helped seal the deal.
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