New York Laws
Article 2 - Compensation
24 - Costs and Fees.

(a) When an award is made directing the continuation of weekly
compensation benefits for temporary total or partial disability, the
attorney's fee shall be one-third of one week's compensation.
(b) When an award is made that increases the amount of compensation
awarded or paid for a previous period or periods of temporary total or
temporary partial disability, the attorney's fee shall be fifteen
percent of the increased compensation.
(c) When an award is made for schedule loss of use or permanent facial
disfigurement pursuant to paragraphs a through t of subdivision three of
section fifteen of this article, the attorney's fee shall be fifteen
percent of the compensation due in excess of the employer or carrier's
previous payments.
(d) When an award is made for permanent total disability pursuant to
subdivision one of section fifteen of this article or permanent partial
disability pursuant to paragraph w of subdivision three of section
fifteen of this article, the attorney's fee shall be equivalent to
fifteen percent of the compensation due in excess of the employer or
carrier's previous payments, plus a sum equivalent to fifteen weeks of
compensation at the rate fixed by the board.
(e) When an award is made for death benefits pursuant to section
sixteen of this article, the attorney's fee shall be equivalent to
fifteen percent of the compensation due in excess of the employer or
carrier's previous payments, plus a sum equivalent to fifteen weeks of
compensation at the rate fixed by the board.
(f) When an award is made pursuant to section thirty-two of this
article, the attorney's fee shall be fifteen percent of benefits to be
paid by the employer or carrier under the approved agreement, except
that benefits allocated for future medical expenses shall not be
included in the calculation of the fee. However, if the attorney has
previously been awarded a fee pursuant to this subdivision, any
un-accrued balance of any attorney fees under the foregoing paragraphs
shall be waived.
3. If a prior attorney has been substituted in a manner prescribed by
the board, and has submitted a fee request, the board shall determine

the amount of fees allocated to any prior attorney out of the total fees
awarded.
4. When so approved, such claim or claims shall become a lien upon the
compensation awarded, and upon any moneys ordered paid under an award by
the board into the special funds provided for in subdivision nine of
section fifteen and section twenty-five-a of this article, and any other
section of this chapter, but shall be paid therefrom only in the manner
fixed by the board. Any other person, firm or corporation who shall
exact or receive fee or gratuity for any services rendered on behalf of
a claimant except in an amount determined by the board, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor. Any person, firm or corporation who shall solicit the
business of appearing before the board on behalf of a claimant, or who
shall make it a business to solicit employment for a lawyer in
connection with any claim for compensation under this chapter shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor. In case an award is affirmed upon an appeal to
the appellate division, the same shall be payable with interest thereon
from the date when said award was made by the board except as provided
in section twenty-seven of this article.

Structure New York Laws