Under New Jersey’s workers’ compensation law, your attorney is not paid an hourly fee but instead must charge a contingency fee of no more than 20 percent of the past due benefits you are awarded in a formal workers’ compensation hearing or no more than 20 percent of any settlement you reach with your employer or its workers’ comp insurer. In addition, if you win an award at a formal workers’ compensation hearing, the workers’ compensation judge can order your employer or its insurer to pay a portion of the contingency fee that you owe your attorney.