Pitt v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

DOYLE, Judge.

This is an appeal1 by Larry Pitt, Esquire, from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming a referee’s decision which denied him an award for counsel fees.

The relevant facts are as follows. Pitt represented Arnold McEachin (Claimant) in a workmen’s compensation matter from September 1988 to April 1990. Claimant signed a contingent fee agreement providing that Pitt would receive 20% of all awarded compensation. In April, 1990, Claimant discharged Pitt and chose a new attorney, Anthony Witlin.

In January 1991, the referee granted Claimant’s claim petition…