162.1 "Actual benefit secured" for the purposes of Section 2327 of the Act (D.C. Official Code § 1-623.27) means the total established amount of benefits secured by an attorney in connection with a hearing or court proceeding through the date of the compensation order only and shall not include any amount offered in settlement prior to a hearing or future benefits.

162.2 Attorney's fees awarded under Section 2327 of the Act shall be computed at sixty percent (60%) of the most current United States Attorney's Office Attorney's Fees Matrix. In no event shall the attorney's fees exceed twenty percent (20%) of the actual benefits secured as of the issuance date of the compensation order.

162.3 Attorney's fees under Section 2327 of the Act shall not be awarded for prosecution of claims for permanent disability filed pursuant to Section 2306a of the Act.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 2307 (May 22, 1981); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 9540 (October 8, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 12224, 12229 (December 24, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 8766, 8771 (July 27, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 6325 (July 7, 2017); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 4246 (April 5, 2019); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 7481 (June 12, 2020).