[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 20, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

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.