Binder & Binder, P.C. v. Colvin

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

The Social Security Act provides for successful representatives to be compensated for their services through deductions from payments that their clients are entitled to receive. The instant cases both concern the Social Security Administration’s alleged failure to disburse, attorney’s fees pursuant to this fee provision, 42 U.S.C. § 406(a).

Plaintiff-Appellant Binder & Binder (“Binder”), a law firm that represents claimants before the Social Security Administration (“SSA”), appeals from summary judgment in two related cases. In both cases, Binder seeks past attorney’s…