Burnett v. Secretary of Health & Human Services

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge, Sitting by Designation.

Before the Court is a motion by plaintiff’s counsel for an award of attorney’s fees in this social security disability case. The motion alleges that the total accrued benefits finally awarded to the plaintiff, after two remands by this Court, amounted to $8,079.10. Counsel prays for an award of twenty-five per cent, of this sum, or $2,019.75, as his statutory fee for services rendered in this Court. The Court has power to award fees for services performed before the Court, even though Section 206(a) of the Social Security Act,…