SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY & SSI

What we do for our clients

We represent claimants throughout Washington and Alaska.

From the earliest stages of your case, we help identify and clarify the issues to the Social Security Administration (SSA).

We can help complete or review forms which are sent to you by the Adjudicator in connection with your application and appeals. The forms are sometimes used by the Social Security Administration to discredit your statements and testimony; appropriate and thorough answers and responses are extremely useful in avoiding later problems, as well as in directing the Social Security Administration to the proper issues in your case.

We can review your case and determine what additional evidence or development is needed. This usually involves obtaining the opinion of your doctor on points crucial to establishing your disability.

We will monitor the progress of your case while it is pending before the SSA. We can help keep the case on track and moving toward a fair decision.

At all levels of the case, we can present written argument on your behalf and discuss the appropriate Social Security Regulations and Rulings.

We prepare our client for the hearing. This step is especially important. A lawyer who has handled numerous cases in the past is well equipped to let the client know what to expect and what is important to the judge assigned to the case.

At the hearing, the attorney will cross examine the witnesses and help develop your testimony. We argue your case to the Administrative Law Judge, presenting in detail each piece of evidence that establishes disability. We preserve the important arguments and legal points for review.

If an Administrative Law Judge denies the case, we will handle the appeal.