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SNIZASKI v. HECKLER

Civ. A. Nos. 83-1414, 83-1970, 83-1984 and 83-2410.

610 F.Supp. 529 (1985)

Roselia SNIZASKI, Plaintiff, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant. John VARLEY, Plaintiff, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant. Robert J. ANDREWS, Plaintiff, v. SECRETARY OF the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant. William W. GEARY, Plaintiff, v. SECRETARY OF the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

April 23, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. Peirce, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., for Roselia Snizaski and John Varley.

Amiel B. Caramanna, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., for Robert J. Andrews and William W. Geary.

Albert W. Schollaert, Asst. U.S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., for Secretary of the Dept. of Health and Human Services.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

TEITELBAUM, Chief Judge.

Before the Court are fee petitions in four social security disability cases. 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1) authorizes a court to fix and determine a reasonable fee for representation of successful disability claimants in proceedings before the court. In determining a reasonable fee a court is faced with two competing considerations: first, the attorney's compensation must be sufficient to encourage members of the...

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