[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR61.403]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF WORKERS'COMPENSATION PROGRAMS,DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 61--CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE WAR HAZARDS COMPENSATION ACT, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart E--Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 61.403  Approval of claims for legal and other services.

    (a) No claim for legal services or for any other services rendered 
in respect to a claim or award for compensation under the Act to or on 
account of any person shall be valid unless approved by the Office. Any 
such claim approved by the Office shall, in the manner and to the extent 
fixed by the Office, be paid out of the compensation payable to the 
claimant.
    (b) The Office shall not recognize a contract for a stipulated fee 
or for a fee on a contingent basis. No fee for services shall be 
approved except upon application supported by a sufficient statement of 
the extent and character of the necessary work done on behalf of the 
claimant. Except where the claimant was advised that the representation 
would be rendered on a gratuitous basis, the fee approved shall be 
reasonably commensurate with the actual necessary work performed by the 
representative, and with due regard to the capacity in which the 
representative appeared, the amount of compensation involved, and the 
circumstances of the claimant.