Opinion
2:20-CV-10992-PLA
04-25-2022
CLAUDIA ZAMBALIS, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.
STUART T. BARASCH, ESQ. Of Counsel, Olinsky Law Group, Attorney for Plaintiff, Claudia Zambalis
STUART T. BARASCH, ESQ. Of Counsel, Olinsky Law Group, Attorney for Plaintiff, Claudia Zambalis
ORDER AWARDING ATTORNEY'S FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (D)
Hon. Paul L. Abrams United States Magistrate Judge
Before the Court is the parties' Stipulation for the Award and Payment of Attorney Fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) (ECF No. 30). Based on the pleadings as well as the position of defendant commissioner, and recognizing Plaintiff's waiver of direct payment and assignment of EAJA to her counsel,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that attorney fees and expenses in the amount of Five Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Dollars and Zero Cents ($5,660.00) pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) are awarded to Plaintiff.
If the U.S. Department of the Treasury determines that Plaintiff's EAJA fees, expenses, and costs are not subject to offset allowed under the Department of the Treasury's Offset Program (TOPS), then the check for EAJA fees, expenses, and costs may be made payable to Plaintiff's Attorneys of Counsel firm, Olinsky Law Group EIN 26-2258247
Whether the check is made payable to Plaintiff or to Olinsky Law Group, the check shall be mailed to the following address:
Olinsky Law Group
250 S Clinton St Ste 210
Syracuse NY 13202
Plaintiff's Motion (ECF No. 29) is denied as moot.
So ordered.