United States Fourth Circuit

In a suit for social security benefits, the district court did not err when it considered the time a lawyer spent representing plaintiff at the administrative stage as a factor in determining that a contingency fee agreement was reasonable under 42 U.S.C. section 406(b).

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/16/2005
• Decided 08/15/2005
• Published 08/15/2005

Judges

• Before MICHAEL and KING, Circuit Judges, and JAMES R. SPENCER, Chief United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Joshua Paul Waldman, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.   James E. Hutchins, Mathews, Virginia, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, John L. Brownlee, United States Attorney, William Kanter, Michael E. Robinson, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.