1. (a) Under 85A O.S. § 82, in a controverted claim under the AWCA when the employer or insurance carrier has contested liability in whole or in part, the attorney for the employee or a dependent in whose favor the proceeding has been finally decided, is entitled to an award of attorney fees, subject to limitations in the AWCA.
2. (b) When a dispute arises among several attorneys as to the identity of claimant's attorney of record, or when several successive attorneys lay claim to a fee in the same case, the Administrative Law Judge shall decide the issues raised and allocate the fee allowed in proportion to the services rendered.
3. (c) Nothing in this Section precludes resolution of an attorney fee dispute by mediation or agreement of the parties, as appropriate.

Added at 31 Ok Reg 468, eff 2-4-14 (emergency)

Added at 32 Ok Reg 1461, eff 8-27-15