Judge Eschews 'Khan Rule,' Focuses on Results in Attorney Fee Dispute

An administrative judge in Southern California eschewed a long-standing but informal rule used to divide fees when more than one attorney or firm represents an injured worker, instead focusing assessment of the results litigators obtained following a record-setting $8.9 million workers’ compensation settlement. Shandler and Associates received about 11% of the $1.335 million in attorney fees after representing injured construction worker Antonio Enriquez for five years. Asvar, Odjaghian & Associates, which represented Enriquez for three years, received the bulk of the attor...