Miles
Miles v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
L.M.,
Case No. 17-cv-03562-JCS Plaintiff, 8 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES PURSUANT TO 42 KILOLO KIJAKAZI, U.S.C. § 406(b) 10 Defendant. Re: Dkt. No. 27
12 I. INTRODUCTION Lawrence Rohlfing (“counsel”), who represented L.M. in this matter under a contingency fee agreement, brings a Motion for Attorney Fees Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) (“Motion”), seeking an award of $18,000.00 in attorney fees for work before this Court. For the reasons stated below, the Motion is GRANTED.1 II. BACKGROUND L.M. entered into a contingent fee agreement with counsel providing that counsel would be awarded 25% of all past-due benefits L.M. received as a result of this action, Motion, Ex. 1. L.M. initiated this action to seek review of the final decision by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (“the Commissioner”) denying their Application for a period of…