U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Nov. 5, 2009
9th Circuit Ruling Ups Lawyer Pay
Lawyers who represent Social Security claimants got a lift Wednesday as the federal appeals court told lower courts to more favorably calculate their fees.
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers who represent Social Security claimants got a lift Wednesday as the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals told lower courts to more favorably calculate their fees.
Federal magistrates in Santa Ana paid the lawyers too little because they misunderstood a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the fee issue, a closely divided en banc panel held as it upped the income for th...
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