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<blockquote data-quote="Smithmom" data-source="post: 740978" data-attributes="member: 23371"><p>An SSI/ SSDI attorney fee is fixed by law. It is a one time amount and comes out of her first check as that's usually a lump sum. For most it take many months and it pays from the date of application. But in some areas the process can be quicker than others. And some diagnosis are processed more quickly.</p><p></p><p>I recognize that you are concerned about money. But the system knows that people who apply for SSI by definition don't have money. So something like attorney fees would be impossible for people applying for SSI. The system accounts for this.</p><p></p><p>I can't say that my experience with an attorney who claimed to specialize in SSI was positive. I did have a positive experience with a non-profit agency for the disabled. My problem was the amt of effort the private attorney's office was willing to put in. Not much. So because I didn't have the records and they didn't bother doing follow up I lost. My experience was that there are "drive through" medium and large law firms who make money by doing little. In fact, I never spoke to a lawyer despite repeated requests. He showed up at the hearing with a file. That was his involvement. A paralegal did everything in terms of collecting records but no one ever looked at the file to see if there was actually enough there to justify a claim.</p><p>They get nothing if they lose. So they're just playing the odds of winning and enough wins justifies the paralegal time and 1 hour attorney time on the losses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Smithmom, post: 740978, member: 23371"] An SSI/ SSDI attorney fee is fixed by law. It is a one time amount and comes out of her first check as that's usually a lump sum. For most it take many months and it pays from the date of application. But in some areas the process can be quicker than others. And some diagnosis are processed more quickly. I recognize that you are concerned about money. But the system knows that people who apply for SSI by definition don't have money. So something like attorney fees would be impossible for people applying for SSI. The system accounts for this. I can't say that my experience with an attorney who claimed to specialize in SSI was positive. I did have a positive experience with a non-profit agency for the disabled. My problem was the amt of effort the private attorney's office was willing to put in. Not much. So because I didn't have the records and they didn't bother doing follow up I lost. My experience was that there are "drive through" medium and large law firms who make money by doing little. In fact, I never spoke to a lawyer despite repeated requests. He showed up at the hearing with a file. That was his involvement. A paralegal did everything in terms of collecting records but no one ever looked at the file to see if there was actually enough there to justify a claim. They get nothing if they lose. So they're just playing the odds of winning and enough wins justifies the paralegal time and 1 hour attorney time on the losses. [/QUOTE]
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