Opinion ID: 527155
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Heading: motion for appellate attorney's fees

Text: 42 Mr. Verbraeken filed a motion for an award of appellate attorney's fees. In other cases in which a request for appellate attorney's fees has been made in a suit involving a claim brought under the ADEA, this court has stated that appellate attorney's fees may be awarded pursuant to the remedial provisions of the FLSA that Congress incorporated into the ADEA when the appellate court considers such an award appropriate. Ramsey v. Chrysler First, Inc., 861 F.2d 1541, 1545 (11th Cir.1988) (quoting O'Donnell v. Georgia Osteopathic Hosp., Inc., 748 F.2d 1543, 1553 (11th Cir.1984)); Hedrick v. Hercules, Inc., 658 F.2d 1088, 1097-98 (5th Cir. Unit B 1981); See also Cooper v. Asplundh Tree Expert Co., 836 F.2d 1544, 1557 (10th Cir.1988); Gilchrist v. Jim Slemons Imports, Inc., 803 F.2d 1488, 1502 (9th Cir.1986); Cleverly v. Western Electric Co., 594 F.2d 638, 642-43 (8th Cir.1979). In both O'Donnell and Ramsey, the plaintiff-appellee successfully defended her or his verdict. In Ramsey, plaintiff-appellee's cross-appeal, contending he was entitled to pre-litigation attorney's fees and more front pay, failed. Appellate attorney's fees were awarded in both cases to the plaintiffs-appellees; the cases were remanded to the district courts with instructions to assess the amount of appellate attorney's fees to be awarded. 43 Mr. Verbraeken successfully defends appellant's challenge to the district court's verdict of a violation of the ADEA and award of compensatory and liquidated damages. With regards to his cross-appeal, we remand to the district court to award attorney's fees to the successful plaintiff and to describe its rationale for denying Mr. Verbraeken's requested forms of equitable relief. An award of attorney's fees for this appeal is appropriate. On remand, the district court is instructed to assess the amount of appellate attorney's fees to be awarded Mr. Verbraeken. 44 AFFIRMED in part and REMANDED.