Attorney fees will increase by 3.7% to match the increase in Oregon’s average weekly wage, the Workers’ Compensation Division announced.
The maximum attorney fee that can be awarded absent a showing of extraordinary circumstances will increase, to $4,582 from $4,418, the division announced in Bulletin No. 356. The increased rate applies for orders issued between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020.
Maximum attorney fees are adjusted only in years when the state’s average weekly wage increases.
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