Fee Payments in 2006

Social Security has posted the following final figures for 2005 on payments of fees to attorneys and others approved for direct payment of fees for representing Social Security claimants:

Fee Payments
Month/Year	Volume	Amount
Jan-05	20,744	$68,463,778.57
Feb-05	20,447	$68,137,343.20
Mar-05	20,522	$67,741,247.04
Apr-05	27,563	$91,228,724.50
May-05	21,047	$70,574,688.29
June-05	19,847	$66,810,743.37
July-05	25,840	$86,788,514.16
Aug-05	22,569	$76,249,416.56
Sep-05	20,403	$67,828,460.26
Oct-05	19,217	$64,828,683.10
Nov-05	18,179	$60,507,993.77
Dec-05	21,424	$73,210,171.27
Beginning July 28, 2005, fee payments also include payments made to eligible non-attorneys participating in the demonstration project authorized by section 303 of the Social Security Protection Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-203).