ROBERT P. SMITH, Judge.
The employer and carrier appeal from a commissioner's order awarding a $37,000 fee to a lawyer who achieved a $50,000 lump sum settlement for his claimant client. The fee is equal to 74 percent of the compensation award. After a complete review of the record we find the award excessive on its face and unsubstantiated under the criteria set forth in Lee Engineering & Constr. Co. v. Fellows,
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