{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s7385g","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f7385g.","heading":"Attorney fees","text":"\u00a7\u202f7385g.\nAttorney fees\n(a)\nGeneral rule\nNotwithstanding any contract, the representative of an individual may not receive, for services rendered in connection with the claim of an individual for payment of lump-sum compensation under part B, more than that percentage specified in subsection (b) of a payment made under part B on such claim.\n(b)\nApplicable percentage limitations\nThe percentage referred to in subsection (a) is\u2014\n(1) 2 percent for the filing of an initial claim for payment of lump-sum compensation; and\n(2) 10 percent with respect to objections to a recommended decision denying payment of lump-sum compensation.\n(c)\nInapplicability to other services\nThis section shall not apply with respect to services rendered that are not in connection with such a claim for payment of lump-sum compensation.\n(d)\nPenalty\nAny such representative who violates this section shall be fined not more than $5,000.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s7385g.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s7385g","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f7385g."},{"t":"heading","text":"Attorney fees"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s7385g/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"General rule"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Notwithstanding any contract, the representative of an individual may not receive, for services rendered in connection with the claim of an individual for payment of lump-sum compensation under part B, more than that percentage specified in subsection (b) of a payment made under part B on such claim.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s7385g/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Applicable percentage limitations"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The percentage referred to in subsection (a) is\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s7385g/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" 2 percent for the filing of an initial claim for payment of lump-sum compensation; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s7385g/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" 10 percent with respect to objections to a recommended decision denying payment of lump-sum compensation.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s7385g/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Inapplicability to other services"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"This section shall not apply with respect to services rendered that are not in connection with such a claim for payment of lump-sum compensation.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s7385g/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Penalty"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Any such representative who violates this section shall be fined not more than $5,000.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}