North Dakota Code 54-23.4-11 – Attorney’s fees
The division shall determine and award reasonable attorney’s fees, commensurate with services rendered, to be paid by the state to the attorney representing the claimant if the claimant prevails after a petition for reconsideration or rehearing under section 28-32-40 from an order reducing or denying crime victims compensation benefits. A district court may award attorney’s fees in an appeal pursuant to section 28-32-42 if the claimant prevails on appeal from an order reducing or denying benefits. Attorney’s fees are allowable for settlement of a disputed claim. Attorney’s fees are not allowable for assisting a claimant in filing a claim. An award of attorney’s fees is in addition to an award of compensation. An award of attorney’s fees may not exceed the lesser of twenty percent of the compensation awarded or one thousand dollars. No attorney may contract for or receive any larger sum than the amount allowed.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 54-23.4-11
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49