I would like to share something with the board, about using an attorney to get SSDI. I was recently awarded SSDI a couple of months ago. I used an attorney I thought. When I contacted and signed up with the attorney on 07/10/08, I had allready filed for SSDI, on 06/26/08. When signing with the attorney they had a form to sign which gave them authority to debit my bank account, for there fee. I "refused" to sign the form and said they understood why and did not push it. After 80 to 90 days I was awarded. I found out before the attorney did, by a week. A day after I recieved the award letter, the attorney called me to let me know and discused there fee. They wanted 300.00 and I said that sounds reasonable. They sent more papers to sign and I didnt. I wanted to see what SS, came up with. SS sent me the letter for the fee amount. Lo and Behold There was an attachment to the letter. I will put it below.
" Based on the extent and type of services provided and perfomed by the non-attorney not eligble for direct payment, the complexity of the issue, the level of skill required of the representative in providing the services, the amount of time spent on the case, the results the representative achieved, the level of review at wich a favorable determination was issued and the amount of time expended on this case, it is determined that a fee in the amount of $150.00 is fair compensation for the services provided in this claim. This is because the attorney was appointed nine days prior to SSA making a favorable decision on the case.
At the time the petition was filed, the non-attorney sought an amount of $300.00. The services shown on the clients ledger submitted with the SSA-1560 indicates 1.25 hours of services rendered from 06/26/08 to 07/06/08. However the attorney was appointed as representative around 07/10/08. Also, the ledger indicates the intial claim interview was conducted on five different dates.
Therefore, it is determined that a fee of $150.00 is a reasonable fee for the services provided to the client for the services performed from 07/10/08 through 09/24/08.
The non-attorney should look to the claimant for payment of the authorized fee."
I dont want to say who the attorney was, for fear of being sued, just paranoid. I will tell you this the first letter is "A". The reason for posting this is ,I am glad that I did not sign those bank/debit forms. It seems to me a lot of these national SSDI attorney firms are like a fine tuned production line in a factory. Just wanted to share. Thanks.
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I would like to share something with the board, about using an attorney to get SSDI. I was recently awarded SSDI a couple of months ago. I used an attorney I thought. When I contacted and signed up with the attorney on 07/10/08, I had allready filed for SSDI, on 06/26/08. When signing with the attorney they had a form to sign which gave them authority to debit my bank account, for there fee. I "refused" to sign the form and said they understood why and did not push it. After 80 to 90 days I was awarded. I found out before the attorney did, by a week. A day after I recieved the award letter, the attorney called me to let me know and discused there fee. They wanted 300.00 and I said that sounds reasonable. They sent more papers to sign and I didnt. I wanted to see what SS, came up with. SS sent me the letter for the fee amount. Lo and Behold There was an attachment to the letter. I will put it below.
" Based on the extent and type of services provided and perfomed by the non-attorney not eligble for direct payment, the complexity of the issue, the level of skill required of the representative in providing the services, the amount of time spent on the case, the results the representative achieved, the level of review at wich a favorable determination was issued and the amount of time expended on this case, it is determined that a fee in the amount of $150.00 is fair compensation for the services provided in this claim. This is because the attorney was appointed nine days prior to SSA making a favorable decision on the case.
At the time the petition was filed, the non-attorney sought an amount of $300.00. The services shown on the clients ledger submitted with the SSA-1560 indicates 1.25 hours of services rendered from 06/26/08 to 07/06/08. However the attorney was appointed as representative around 07/10/08. Also, the ledger indicates the intial claim interview was conducted on five different dates.
Therefore, it is determined that a fee of $150.00 is a reasonable fee for the services provided to the client for the services performed from 07/10/08 through 09/24/08.
The non-attorney should look to the claimant for payment of the authorized fee."
I dont want to say who the attorney was, for fear of being sued, just paranoid. I will tell you this the first letter is "A". The reason for posting this is ,I am glad that I did not sign those bank/debit forms. It seems to me a lot of these national SSDI attorney firms are like a fine tuned production line in a factory. Just wanted to share. Thanks.
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