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Paid a disability lawyer $1,500 upfront in Sacramento and it was the best money I ever spent
I kept putting off hiring a lawyer because I thought the fees would eat whatever back pay I got. I finally called a guy in Sacramento who took $1,500 upfront and said he'd get the rest from the settlement if we won. Two weeks later he found a mistake in my file that the SSA had made about my work history. At the hearing the judge asked one question about it and approved my claim on the spot. My back pay came out to almost $18,000, and his total cut was still less than what I would've lost fighting alone. Has anyone else had a lawyer catch something in their file that changed the whole case?
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wells.karen19h ago
Ha, so the real disability here was your ability to avoid hiring a lawyer. Good thing you finally saw the light before the SSA buried you in paperwork.
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