McNamara

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

J.M.,

Case No. 20-cv-07196-JCS Plaintiff, 8 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES

KILOLO KIJAKAZI,

Re: Dkt. No. 43 Defendant.

12 I. INTRODUCTION Helen Zane (“counsel”), who represented J.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 $32,085.00 in attorney fees for work before this Court. For the reasons stated below, the Motion is GRANTED. 1 II. BACKGROUND J.M. entered into a contingent fee agreement with counsel providing that counsel would be awarded 25% of all past-due benefits J.M. and their family received as a result of this action. Zane Decl. ¶ 4 & Ex. C (fee agreement). J.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…