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"Seven Things You Must Know, But Don't Know The Questions To Ask, When Hiring Your Social Security Attorney Or Non Attorney Disability Representative!"

Greetings

    Welcome to mini-course lesson 8 all about what your must know and the questions to ask so your certain to select the BEST Social Security Representative to press your case!

     This lesson is a summary of the critical criteria and tips on the important questions to ask so you can confirm your attorney meets these criteria.

     To start with as explained in lesson 7 you pay the same price for a social security representative so why not maximize your chances by interviewing the very best Social Security Disability Representative available.

      Here's 7 Things You Must Know About Representatives

1. If your just filing
If you have not yet filed you'll need to find an attorney that takes cases from the very beginning (application stage). This is ideal if you don't have to deal with the paperwork.

Some attorney's will advise you to file on your own and if you get denied come back and see them... In my opinion the reason for this is they know that most people get denied, they would like to see your back benefits accumulate so when they take the case and win there's more money in it for them.

2. Representative Location:
Although there's advantages of having a local attorney, they know the judges.. your attorney doesn't have to be local they just have to be good!

3. Area's of practice
Your attorney should be a Social Security Specific Representative that concentrates on Social Security Disability.

Especially if it is an attorney because smaller firms will commonly practice
different area's of law and not do enough Social Security cases to be good at it.

The could lead to a potential delays in your case or not winning at all result is a VERY expensive mistake.

To conclude if an attorney is only doing Social Security and representing at least 30 cases a month this is a good sign.

4. The Attorney's Win Percentage
Your representative should be winning at least 80% of the Social Security
cases they represent...if the winning % is below 80% you need to find out why and make sure you are comfortable with the reason.

5. Condition Specific Experience
What's the representative's experience and success rate in winning cases for your specific disability...

For example: If depression is the major disability, how many cases like this has the representative represented and how many have they won.

Again if it is not over 80% you need to ask the attorney what's his
strategy for winning your case and make sure his response really WOW's you!

6. Working While Filing
We have found some epresentative's that will represent your case and allow you to work 2-3 hours a day at least to start. So in your interview ask about the possibilities.

7. Communication Plan
The #1 attorney complaint we receive from our members is that attorney's do not provide updates on cases.

Attorney's are busy people, often in court not able to call you back right
away, often assistants have little knowledge of your case, and your not the only client they are representing.

Mean while your out of work and relying on the attorney to win your case so you can get some money to survive and you have no idea what's going on with your case, it's an awful feeling that most want to avoid...

If the representative is going to take your case you must agree on a communication plan. What's reasonable is at least once every 45 to 60 days you should be provided an update on your case.

The update could be a scheduled phone call, letter, or email. This should be with the attorney that is working on your case, and should be complete even if there's low or no activity.

This communication will give you peace of mind and hold the attorney accountable for paying attention to your case.

To Request an Interview with an one of our preferred Social Security Representative's complete the request form below.

(Be certain to include all info so we can contacted you with the Attorney's profile)

Again if you are working or at an early stage of your claim, I encourage you to consider The Disability Answer Guide to help you navigate through the large volume of confusing forms you will soon see.