(Mar.2002) (advising, with tongue planted firmly in cheek, "How to Lose an Appeal").
In engaging Korenbaum as lead appellate counsel, Brewington heeded these warnings. Korenbaum often serves as Brewington's appellate counsel, and has approximately 20 years of experience as a lawyer. After two years as an associate with a private firm, he served from 1990 to 1995 with the New York City Law Department. He then returned to private practice, spending some time as an associate with Brewington's firm. He opened his own practice in 2000, specializing in civil rights litigation. He has also served as a *304 professor of legal writing at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law for several years. Korenbaum Decl. ¶¶ 2-7, 11-12.
Korenbaum's offices are in the borough of Manhattan, within the Southern District, raisinghis appellate services were those a partner would normally perform, and that $350 is within the range of Eastern District hourly rates for partners. The County proposes that Korenbaum should receive $235 per hour, asserting that he functioned as a senior associate; the County further asserts, citing Cruz, that $235 is within the prevailing Eastern District range of rates for senior associates. See Cruz, 2008 WL 905351, at *23.
Korenbaum did not perform the tasks of a senior associate; rather, he was the principal drafter of Luca's appellate brief, as well as Luca's memorandum in opposition to the County's motion for a stay of the judgment pending appeal.[3] Korenbaum also argued the appeal. See Korenbaum Decl. ¶ 21. As lead appellate counsel, he had a level of responsibility that