Bierman v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge RENÉE COHN JUBELIRER.

Attorney Larry Pitt petitions for review of an Order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) Decision resolving a fee dispute between Pitt and Attorney Richard L. Cullen (Current Counsel). The WCJ resolved the dispute by approving Current Counsel’s twenty percent attorney fee related to a Compromise and Release (C & R) Agreement he negotiated on behalf of Dolores Bierman (Claimant) and awarding Pitt a fee of twenty percent of Claimant’s workers’ compensation (WC) benefits up to the date of the…