Martin Lopez — ADJ11096892

Applicant's attorney (Law Office of Nadeem Makada) petitioned for reconsideration of a WCJ's December 16, 2025 Findings and Award that granted lien claimant Arns Davis Law Firm 15% of the attorney's fee earned in the January 2023 Compromise and Release and declined to impose sanctions against the lien claimant for missing a lien conference. The dispute centered on whether a prior 2020 agreement in which Arns Davis accepted $500 of an earlier fee award fully and finally extinguished its attorney fee lien. The WCJ found, and the Board agreed, that no writing satisfied, withdrew, or dismissed the lien, and that the $500 agreement only resolved the fee from the 2020 award, not future recoveries. The Board adopted and incorporated the WCJ's report, found no abuse of discretion in either the fee apportionment or the denial of sanctions, and admonished applicant's counsel for failing to comply with WCAB Rule 10945. The Petition for Reconsideration was denied.