Legal Opinion
Siraco v. Astrue
District Court, D. Maine
Decided July 20, 2011No. 2:09-CV-384-DBHPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER DECLINING TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDED DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE
D. BROCK HORNBY, District Judge.
This dispute over the amount of fees a law firm can recover from its client in a Social Security Disability appeal purports to be over whether any rate enhancement is permissible for paralegal billings. I conclude that the dispute’s focus is misdirected. Here the law firm and the claimant had a percentage contingent fee agreement between them, a type of fee arrangement expressly permitted by the Supreme Court. This reviewing court is still required to assess the resulting fee…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Gisbrecht v. BarnhartSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Crawford v. AstrueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
- Hearn v. BarnhartDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2003
- Jeter v. AstrueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010
- Denise COUTIN, Et Al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. YOUNG & RUBICAM PUERTO RICO, INC., Defendant, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Ezekiel v. AstrueDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2012
- Conits v. ConitsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2016
- Jennifer L. Chase, v. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social SecurityDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 2023
- John F. Boland v. P Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social SecurityDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 2021
- BENSON v. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONERDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2023
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