LOS ANGELES—A Santa Ana woman who won more than $300,000 after a jury found she was targeted for disparate treatment in her human resources job at Amazon has been awarded more than $2 million in attorneys fees. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Linfield on April 8 granted $2.47 million in attorneys’ fees to Thu Nguyet Thi “Nicki” Tran. On Oct. 21, a jury that heard trial of her lawsuit found that the 34-year-old woman was subjected to wrongful termination, retaliation, failure to engage in the interactive process, and a violation of the California Family Rights Act and awarded her about $309,500. Tran’s lawyers had sought $3.46 million in attorneys’ fees, more than 11 times the amount she recovered in the verdict. Lawyers for Amazon.com Inc. maintained in their court papers that she deserved no more than just under $630,000, noting that the plaintiff lost her key claims for disability …
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