<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 62-7-36 - Approval of legal fees--Amount--Lump sum payment. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078328Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2078328SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078328CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078328Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2078328DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078328Normal-000001 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2078328Normal-000002 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2078328000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078328SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078328SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078328Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-7-36"><span class="s2078328SENU">62-7-36</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078328SENU">. </span><span class="s2078328CL">Approval of legal fees--Amount--Lump sum payment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078328Normal-000000"><span class="s2078328DefaultParagraphFont">Except as otherwise provided, fees for legal services under this title shall be subject to approval of the department.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078328Normal-000001"><span class="s2078328DefaultParagraphFont">Attorneys' fees may not exceed the percentage of the amount of compensation benefits secured as a result of the attorney's involvement as follows:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078328Normal-000002"><span class="s2078328DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Twenty-five percent of the disputed amount arrived at by settlement of the parties;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078328Normal-000002"><span class="s2078328DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Thirty percent of the disputed amount awarded by the Department of Labor and Regulation after hearing or through appeal to circuit court;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078328Normal-000002"><span class="s2078328DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Thirty-five percent of the disputed amount awarded if an appeal is successful to the Supreme Court.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078328Normal-000001"><span class="s2078328DefaultParagraphFont">Attorneys' fees and costs may be paid in a lump sum on the present value of the settlement or adjudicated amount.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078328Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078328000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078328Normal"><span class="s2078328SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078328SCL-000004"> SL 1992, ch 364, § 7; SL 1993, ch 379, § 5; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=11-1"><span class="s2078328SCL-000004">11-1</span></a><span class="s2078328SCL-000004">), § 33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.</span></p></div></body></html>