(SS) Giordano v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEFFREY J. GIORDANO, Case No. 2:20-cv-02082-JDP (SS) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
FOR ATTORNEY FEES UNDER 42 U.S.C.
v. § 406(b) KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting ECF No. 21 Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.
17 Plaintiff’s counsel moves for an award of attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). ECF No. 21. Plaintiff entered into a contingent fee agreement that provided he would pay counsel twenty-five percent of any award of past-due benefits. ECF No. 21-3. After this court remanded this action for further proceedings, plaintiff was found disabled and awarded $114,556.12 in past- due benefits. ECF No. 21-1. Counsel now seeks attorney’s fees in the amount spent $22,639.03, which is less than twenty-five percent of total past-due benefits plaintiff was awarded. An attorney is entitled to reasonable fees for successfully representing social security claimants in district court. Whenever a…