United States Federal Circuit

Pursuant to 38 U.S.C. section 7263(d), the court is foreclosed from entertaining plaintiff's appeal of a Veterans' Court decision holding his contingency fee agreement to be excessive and a the finding that he was not entitled to retain an award of attorney fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/07/2003
• Published 05/07/2003

Judges

• LINN, Circuit Judge., Before SCHALL, BRYSON, and LINN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael E. Wildhaber,The Law Office of Wildhaber & Associates, PLLC, of Washington, DC, argued for claimant-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Martin F. Hockey, Jr., Senior Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.   With him on the brief was David M. Cohen, Director.   Of counsel on the brief were Donald E. Zeglin, Deputy Assistant General Counsel;  and Michelle Doses Bernstein, Staff Attorney, Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.