Okla. Stat. tit. 85A, § 85A-82

A. 1. a. Each party shall be responsible for its legal services

and litigation expenses. Fees for legal services may

be reviewed by the Workers' Compensation Commission.

b. An attorney representing an injured employee may only

recover attorney fees up to ten percent (10%) of any

temporary total disability or temporary partial

disability compensation and twenty percent (20%) of

any permanent partial disability, permanent total

disability, or death compensation awarded to an

injured employee by the Commission from a controverted

claim. If the employer makes a written offer to

settle permanent partial disability, permanent total

disability, or death compensation and that offer is

rejected, the employee's attorney may not recover

attorney fees in excess of thirty percent (30%) of the

difference between the amount of any award and the

settlement offer.

(1) Attorney fees may not be collected for recovery

on noncontroverted claims.

(2) Attorney fees shall not be awarded on medical

benefits or services.

(3) The fee for legal services rendered by an

attorney representing an employee in connection

with a change of physician requested by the

injured employee, controverted by the employer,

and awarded by the Commission, shall be Two

Hundred Dollars ($200.00).

(4) Attorney fees may include not more than ten

percent (10%) of the value, or reasonable

estimate thereof, of vocational rehabilitation

services.

c. A "controverted claim" means that the employer or the

employer's insurance carrier has controverted whether

there has been a compensable injury or whether the

employee is entitled to temporary total disability,

temporary partial disability, permanent partial

disability, permanent total disability, or death

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compensation. A request for a change in physician

shall not trigger a controverted claim for purposes of

recovering any attorney fees except the fees under

division 3 of subparagraph b of this paragraph. A

controverted claim shall not exist if the employee or

his or her representative has withheld pertinent

information in his or her possession related to the

claim from the employer or has violated the provisions

of Section 6 of this title.

2. In any case where attorney fees are allowed by the

Commission, the limitations expressed in subparagraph b of paragraph

1 of this subsection shall apply.

3. Medical providers may voluntarily contract with the attorney

for the employee to recover disputed charges, and the attorney may

charge a reasonable fee for the cost of collection.

B. An attorney representing an employee under this act may not

recover fees for services except as expressly provided in this

section.