Spinak, Levinson & Associates v. Industrial Commission

The Industrial Commission (Commission) awarded the law firm of Spinak, Levinson & Associates a $100 nominal attorney fee award for its representation of claimant in an underlying workers’ compensation proceeding. The law firm appeals from a circuit court order confirming that award, contending (1) it is entitled to a much larger sum based on the concept of quantum meruit, (2) it is not bound by the attorney representation agreement it executed with the client, (3) additional fees are warranted because the services it performed were “extraordinary,” and (4) the fee limitation in section 16a of…