Attorney fees

1. Law
2. District of Columbia Code
3. Government Organization
4. Merit Personnel System
5. Office of Employee Appeals
6. Attorney fees

(a) The Hearing Examiner or the Arbitrator may require payment by the agency of reasonable attorney fees if the appellant is the prevailing party and payment is warranted in the interest of justice.

(b) Expired.

(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 607; as added May 15, 1990, D.C. Law 8-127, § 2(e), 37 DCR 2093; June 28, 2002, D.C. Law 14-166, § 2, 49 DCR 4471.)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 1-606.8.

Effect of Amendments

D.C. Law 14-166 designated subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

Editor's Notes

Pursuant to its own terms, subsection (b) expired one year after June 28, 2002.

Section 7034 of D.C. Law 17-219 repealed section 3 of D.C. Law 14-166.

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