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Wyo. Stat. § 27-14-615 (2026)

Appointment of attorneys for court proceedings;

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The district court may appoint an attorney to represent the
employee during proceedings in the district court and appeal to
the supreme court. The district court may allow the attorney a
reasonable fee for his services at the conclusion of the
proceedings in district court and the supreme court may allow
for reasonable fees for services at the conclusion of the
proceedings in the supreme court. In any appeal where the issue
is the compensability of an injury, a prevailing employer's
attorney fees shall also be paid according to the order of the
district court or supreme court from the worker's compensation
account, not to affect the employer's experience rating. An
award of attorney's fees shall be for a reasonable number of
hours and shall not exceed the benefits at issue in the appeal.
In all other cases, if the employer or division prevails in the
district court or supreme court, as the case may be, the fees
allowed an employee's attorney shall not affect the employer's
experience rating.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases, 1987–2018 · leading case: Air Methods/Rocky Mountain Holdings, LLC v. State ex rel. Dep't of Workforce Servs., Workers' Comp. Div., 432 P.3d 476 (Wyo. 2018).
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Air Methods/Rocky Mountain Holdings, LLC v. State ex rel. Dep't of Workforce Servs., Workers' Comp. Div., 432 P.3d 476 (Wyo. 2018). · cites it 2× “, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-615 (authorizing a district court to "appoint an attorney to represent the employee during proceedings in the district court and appeal to the supreme court").”
Painter v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Worker's Comp. Div., 931 P.2d 953 (Wyo. 1997). · cites it 2× “By its order dated August 16, 1995, the district court denied Melrose’s motion for attorney fees incurred in the appeal to the district court, determining that an award of attorney fees would not be proper because the issue in the case was the denial of a previous award of…”
State of Wyoming, ex rel., Wyoming Dep't of Workforce Servs., Workers' Comp. Div. v. Cody Beazer & Horsley Co., LLC, 2016 WY 111 (Wyo. 2016). · cites it 2× “The district court may allow the attorney a reasonable fee for his services at the conclusion of the proceedings in district court and the supreme court may allow for reasonable fees for services at the conclusion of the proceedings in the supreme court.”
Hemme v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers' Comp. Div., 914 P.2d 824 (Wyo. 1996). · cites it 2× “The district court’s order states that the reason for denying those fees is that Hemme did not prevail.”
State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Comp. Div. v. Brown, 805 P.2d 830 (Wyo. 1991). · cites it 3× “27 — 14—602(d) or the district court or supreme court under W.S. 27-14-615 set a fee for any person for representing a claimant under this act, the person shall not receive any additional fee from the claimant.”
Serda v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers' Saf. & Comp. Div., 2002 WY 38 (Wyo. 2002). “27-14-602(d) or the district court or supreme court under W.S. 27-14-615 set a fee for any person for representing a claimant under this act excluding a health care provider, the person shall not receive any additional fee from the claimant.”
Manning v. State ex rel. Wyoming Worker's Comp. Div., 938 P.2d 870 (Wyo. 1997). · cites it 3× “We remand the district court’s order denying attorney fees incurred in the appeal to the district court for further consideration pursuant to W.S. 27-14-615. THOMAS, J., filed a opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.”
Sheneman v. Div. of Workers' Saf. & Comp. Internal Hearing Unit, Dep't of Emp., 962 P.2d 874 (Wyo. 1998). · cites it 2× “§ 27-14-615 (Wyo.1995) (emphasis added), which provided: The district court may appoint an attorney to represent the employee during proceedings in the district court and appeal to the supreme court.”
State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Saf. & Comp. Div. v. Smith, 121 P.3d 150 (Wyo. 2005). · cites it 23× “Watkins was appointed to represent claimant in the district court appeal pursuant to Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-615 (LexisNexis 2001) which states, in pertinent part, “[t]he district court may appoint an *156 attorney to represent the employee during proceedings in the district…”
Claim of Gonzales v. State ex rel.Wyoming Workers' Comp. Div., 992 P.2d 560 (Wyo. 1999). · cites it 11× “Therefore, we reverse and remand for a determination of an appropriate attorney’s fee award pursuant to Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 27-14-615 and l-14-126(b) (LEXIS 1999), which shall concisely explain the district court’s action on the fee application.”
Manning v. State Ex Rel. Div., 938 P.2d 870 (Wyo. 1997). · cites it 2× “The language of Wyo. Stat. § 27-14-615 (Supp.1996) affords the district court discretion with respect to the award of attorney fees, and I do not see how this Court could find an abuse of discretion if the district court decided not to award any fee.”
Emp. Sec. Comm'n v. Swartz, 740 P.2d 401 (Wyo. 1987). “1977 (1983 Replacement) (amended and reenacted as § 27-14-615, W.S.1977 (1987 Replacement).”
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