What is the test for reducing the hourly rates for attorney fees for a defendant's attorney?

Plaintiffs argue that the trial court abused its discretion when it reduced the hourly rates for defendant's attorneys by a smaller amount than plaintiffs requested. When it establishes the lodestar, the trial court should use the "prevailing hourly rates" to establish "the basic fee for comparable legal services in the community ...." (Ketchum v. Moses, supra, 24 Cal.4th at p. 1132.) Plaintiffs claim the rates the trial court employed here were above the market rates for Stanislaus County.

The following table shows the rates defendant requested, the rates plaintiffs requested, and the rates the court applied: