Legal Opinion
Copeland v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 2, 2010No. 09-AA-240Published
1Opinion of the Court
GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:
This is an appeal of a Compensation Review Board (“CRB”) order denying an award of attorney’s fees in a public sector disability compensation case. D.C.Code § l-623.27(b)(2) (Supp. 2010), a part of the Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act, provides that a District Government employee who utilizes the services of an attorney-at-law in the successful prosecution of her claim is entitled to a reasonable attorney’s fee award. The CRB interpreted this provision to bar a fee award where the claimant was represented by law students participating in a clinical program under a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Cannon v. University of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Missouri v. Jenkins Ex Rel. AgyeiSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- William Jordan v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- Frazier v. Franklin Inv. Co., Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Georgetown University v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2009
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