A Manhattan trial court judge granted an interim preliminary injunction on Monday for assigned counsel in New York City to be paid $158 per hour, retroactive from Feb. 2, their first pay increase since 2004.
The plaintiff’s lawyer, Michael J. Dell, a partner in Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, told the New York Law Journal he will file another lawsuit on behalf of his clients if the state doesn’t apply the raises to assigned counsel throughout the entire state, not just New York City.
