Why Should I Speak to A Lawyer for a Social Security Disability Case?
Working with a lawyer on your SSDI case can give you the best possible chance of winning benefits in the end—but it also makes the process easier in the meantime.
- Your lawyer will make sure the information you submit is complete, improving your chances.
- Your lawyer can file your application online for you, so you don’t risk showing up in person and having something go wrong.
- Your lawyer keeps on top of Social Security, so your case doesn’t fall through the cracks.
- When Social Security sends paperwork to fill out, your lawyer receives it, too, so they can make sure you don’t miss a deadline.
- Your lawyer can help you collect the right medical evidence from your doctors.
- Your lawyer can gather statements from friends, family, co-workers, and others about how your health problems have changed your life.
- If you’re denied for benefits, your lawyer will file your appeal, which has a strict deadline.
- Your lawyer will build your legal arguments for why you should receive benefits.
- Your lawyer will help you prepare to testify in front of a disability judge.
- Your lawyer will support you through your hearing with the judge.
Unlike some big law firms you might see advertised on TV, you can talk to your Clarkson Firm disability lawyer directly, be treated like a real person, and have your questions answered in straight English—not stuffy lawyer-talk.
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When Should I Get a Lawyer for My Social Security Disability Case? How Much Do They Cost?
Some people apply for disability benefits on their own, and then talk to a lawyer when they’re denied and need to appeal. Some law firms will even tell you to do that.
You definitely should talk to a lawyer after you’re denied.
But the best time to get a lawyer for your Social Security Disability case is when you first apply.
Not only can this help you avoid mistakes, it can turn out to cost less.
Disability lawyers get paid out of back benefits you receive when you’re awarded Social Security Disability. Your back benefits cover the time you spent waiting to be approved. It can be months, maybe a year or more.
If you work with a disability attorney from your initial application and you get approved on your first try, you won’t have as long a wait time, or as much, or anything, taken out of back pay.
Lawyers receive 25% of your back pay, up to a limit of $7,200.
The Clarkson Firm is happy to help from your first application, regardless of whether your case takes a little time or a lot, and whether our fee is bigger or smaller.
The main thing we want is to see you moving forward with your life after the harsh interruption of bad health and money trouble.
We’re a family disability law firm with a mission to help other families.
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Are you trying to figure out if you should even try getting disability benefits? Do you need to put in an application? Have you already applied, but been turned down? Your Alabama Social Security Disability lawyer can step in at any point and help you.
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Social Security Disability is a huge, complicated program that often doesn’t seem like it cares much about you and your needs. Can’t get answers to your questions? Your disability attorney from The Clarkson Firm is the one who truly cares and guides you. Talk to us.
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