Richlin Security Service Co. v. Chertoff, 553 U.S.___, 128 S. Ct. 2007 (2008)

Courts have consistently determined that in the context of fee-shifting statutes an award of “attorney’s fees” include work performed by paralegals. In Richlin Security Service Co. v. Chertoff, the U.S. Supreme Court held that, under the Equal Access to Justice Act, a prevailing party is entitled to recover paralegal fees at prevailing market rates, rather than at “reasonable cost.”