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UPDATED LAFFEY
MATRIX*
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Years Out of Law School**
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6/1/94-
5/31/95
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6/1/95-
5/31/96
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6/1/96-
5/31/97
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6/1/97-
5/31/98
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6/1/98-
5/31/99
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6/1/99-
5/31/00
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6/1/00-
5/31/01
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6/1/01-
5/31/02
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6/1/02-
5/31/03
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6/1/03- 6/1/04
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6/1/04-5/31/05
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6/1/05-5/31/06
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20 +
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363
|
375
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389
|
406
|
424
|
444
|
468
|
487
|
522
|
549
|
574
|
598
|
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11-19
|
301
|
311
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323
|
337
|
352
|
369
|
388
|
404
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434
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456
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476
|
497
|
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8-10
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267
|
276
|
287
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299
|
312
|
328
|
345
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359
|
385
|
405
|
423
|
441
|
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4-7
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185
|
191
|
198
|
207
|
216
|
227
|
239
|
249
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267
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280
|
293
|
305
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1-3
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151
|
155
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162
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169
|
176
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185
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195
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203
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217
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228
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239
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249
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Paralegal/Law Clerk
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82
|
85
|
88
|
92
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96
|
101
|
106
|
110
|
118
|
124
|
130
|
136
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Adjustmt Factor***
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1.0237
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1.0320
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1.0396
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1.0419
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1.0439
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1.0491
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1.0529
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1.0407
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1.0727
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1.0507
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1.0455
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1.0427
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* The methodology of calculation and benchmarking for this
Updated Laffey Matrix has been approved in a number of cases. See,
e.g., McDowell v. District of Columbia, Civ. A. No. 00-594 (RCL),
LEXSEE 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8114 (D.D.C. June 4, 2001); Salazar v.
Dist. of Col., 123 F.Supp.2d 8 (D.D.C. 2000).
** “Years Out of Law School” is calculated from June 1 of
each year, when most law students graduate. “1-3" includes an
attorney in his 1st, 2nd and 3rd years
of practice, measured from date of graduation (June 1). “4-7"
applies to attorneys in their 4th, 5th, 6th
and 7th years of practice. An attorney who graduated in
May 1996 would be in tier “1-3" from June 1, 1996 until May 31,
1999, would move into tier “4-7" on June 1, 1999, and tier
“8-10" on June 1, 2003.
*** The Adjustment Factor refers to the nation-wide Legal
Services Component of the Consumer Price Index produced by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.
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