The lawyers want a judge to approve $229 million in fees, or $10,690 an hour, according to a Sept. 8 filing in Delaware's Court of Chancery.
The legal fee and the settlement must be approved by a Delaware judge at a hearing scheduled for October.
The Telsa directors have not objected to the fee request but are expected to do so, according to a court filing by the plaintiffs' lawyers.
In 2012, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed a $304 million fee in a Southern Copper shareholder lawsuit involving $2 billion of damages.
The Delaware Court of Chancery judge overseeing the Tesla case, Kathaleen McCormick, has scheduled a hearing on Oct. 13 to approve the settlement and the fee.
Persons:
Tesla's, James Murdoch, Larry Ellison, Bleichmar Fonti, McCarter, Ronald King, Clark Hill, George Bauer, David Paige, Paige, Kathaleen McCormick, Tom Hals, Amy Stevens, Marguerita Choy
Organizations:
REUTERS, Partners, Bleichmar, Shukurov, Advisors, Southern, Thomson
Locations:
Oslo, Norway, Victoria, WILMINGTON , Delaware, Delaware's Court, Delaware, New York, Wilmington , Delaware, Lansing , Michigan