Many Of The Attorneys Billed At Least $1,300 Per Hour.
According to an August 8, 2025 article by Andrew Khouri and David Zahniser in the Los Angeles Times, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, representing City of Los Angeles, in a homeless encampment case after a favorable municipal ruling by SCOTUS on the legality of homeless ban practices, submitted an invoice of $1.8 million for May 2025 work. At least 15 attorneys were billing out at close to $1,300 per hour. Ironically, a month later, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter (who sits in Santa Ana) issued a ruling that City was not complying with a three year old settlement agreement between City and the L.A. Alliance for Human Rights to create 12,915 homeless beds or other housing accommodations by June 2027.