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Reasonable fee determination involves the "usual" hourly fee of attorneys in the jurisdiction involved.

That's a market rate determination.

Have you read What American's Lawyers Earn, in the March 2011 issues of the ABA Journal?   You may want to use the facts about the yearly amounts lawyers earn (accessible through that article as a gateway) in your cross-exam of the adverse fee witness.

Do you and your own expert know that Professor Henderson's study, titled What American's Lawyers Earn, (see http://www3.law.northwestern.edu/career/markettrends/2011/spoax1as8uni.pdf ) is built on limited US government BLS statistics and that Henderson's report has limitations (e. g., does not include what equity partners earn - and he omits the existence of several law schools in various cities). This report  states what lawyers earn in various markets, not what they charge per hour. But an expert should be prepared to say he/she knows that the BLS has statistics on lawyer incomes, and why/why not they are applicable for use in your case.

There are many sources reporting what lawyers charge or what they earn, and an expert on attorney fees should have read several of them (not necessarily all of them).  Familiarity with such sources adds depth to an expert's understanding of the market rate hourly fee for attorneys with the requisite skill in the jurisdiction involved.

Attorney Fee Awards: a handbook for attorneys