Claim for Attorneys’ Fees

(a) Application for Attorneys’ Fees (1) No Appeal Filed. If no timely appeal is filed, an application for attorneys’ fees must be filed within 30 days of the expiration of the time for filing an appeal. (2) Appeal Filed. If an appeal is filed, an application for attorneys’ fees must be filed within 30 days of the filing of the appellate mandate or order finally disposing of the appeal to the Court of Appeals.

A claim for fees filed before the final disposition of any appeal to the Court of Appeals has no effect and will be denied without prejudice. (b) Fees in Social Security Appeals Notwithstanding subsection (a), any application for fees under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) in a social security appeal that was filed under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and results in a remand must be filed within 30 days of the date of the Commissioner of Social Security’s notice of award establishing both the applicant’s entitlement to past-due benefits and the amount of those benefits. 51 District of Maine Local Rules