Rules/ Fees for Legal Representatives

Includes information, samples and forms re: fee petitions and fee agreements.

SSA revised the Notification of implementation of requirement published on January 31, 2012 (77 FR 4653). SSA clarified the requirement that appointed representatives file certain appeals using SSA electronic systems in matters for which the representatives request direct fee payment.…

Comprehensive amendments ordered by the Supreme Judicial Court to Mass. R. Prof. C. 1.5 on charging and collecting fees will take effect on March 15, 2011. Some of the revisions mirror amendments made to the corresponding ABA model rule in 2002; some are grammatical or stylistic and do not reflect…

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the district court has no discretion to offset an EAJA award of attorney's fees with a future 42 U.S.C. Sec. 406 (a) award of attornye's fees by the Commissioner of Social Security. EAJA fees paid for work performed before federal courts and fees…

Comments due by September 25, 2008

Comments due by November 7, 2008

Use this form to get information about client's debts to the federal government before applying for EAJA fees 

SUMMARY: In prior notices published in the Federal Register, we provided guidance on the requirements for participation in the Non-Attorney Direct Payment Demonstration Project mandated by Section 303 of the Social Security Protection Act of 2004 (SSPA). In this notice, we are announcing that we are…

In two notices  (below) in the May 16, 2007 federal register, SSA announced the operation of the  centralized computer system that was the prerequisite for imposing civil  monetary penalties for withholding information from or failing to provide information to SSA. The…

SUMMARY: We are amending our regulations on representative payment and on the administrative procedure for imposing penalties for false or misleading statements or withholding of information to reflect and implement certain provisions of the Social Security Protection Act of 2004 (SSPA). The SSPA…

SSA has issued a new SSA from 1696 form. It incorporates changes in the Social Security Protection Act of 2004 providing for non-attorneys eligible to receive direct payment of fees, and a few other things, e.g., hether the representative has ever been disbarred or suspended. Advocates in some areas…

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