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Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 5:46 am: | 
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One way is to hire me, if you want. I will be glad to consider representing anyone who lives in the Carolinas. There are some parts of the Carolinas to which I don't travel, but I can give you suggestions about what to do if you live in those areas. I generally charge 25% of any back benefits, plus whatever I spend out of my pocket. I don't usually ask for any money up front, or any fee if I lose, since most folks who file for disability are broke. If you want to talk to me about it, call 1 800 775 3985.
If you don't like me for some reason, it hurts my feelings a little, but hey, I'll be helpful anyway. Or if you live in Minnesota or someplace, to get my suggestions for how to hire an attorney, click here. |
Lori Tellington
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 18, 2002 - 10:49 pm: |
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Female, age 54, high school graduate live in state of Minnesota. Work experience: worked on farm doing farm hand type work until I started driving double bottoms trucks. Worked from 1974 until 2000 when I took early retirement due to constant pain from 2 herniated disks in my neck and 2 bulging disks in my lumbar area and DDD also have a Gillette injury in my neck and shoulder areas. Of the last 2 years I was employed about half of each year I was out with injuries. The posture of driving or sitting at the computer etc causes me a lot of pain. Walking over 1/2 hour at a time makes my lumbar area spasm. I can work around the place for about an hour and then have to stop due to the pain. I have applied for SSDI and was turned down and filed for Recon, so far have not heard back. Should I wait and see or hire an attorney now? If your advise is to hire an attorney can you recommend one in Minnesota? Thank you. |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 1:39 pm: |
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Lori, I would certainly hire an attorney if I were you.
There are two rationales for this: First, you have been turned down once, and that means there is something missing in your case, and you don't know what it is. A good attorney should be able to look at your case and tell.
The second rationale is the same one you would use if you were having a baby. If you were fairly healthy, you could probably do it yourself. But the stakes are so high in each case that you should take every step possible to improve your odds.
I know a fair number of attorneys who I think are pretty good, but none in Minnesota. This is what I suggest: Get the yellow pages of the nearest big city. Go through the attorney listings, and pick out the attorneys that seem to primarily handle Social Security claims. Those are the ones that put Social Security as the first, or preferably only thing they do. Do not go by the size of the ad. Talk to every lawyer on that list. Ask him or her a lot of questions and see if you get good answers. Find out how they handle appeals to Federal Court. Hire the lawyer that talks the most sense.
Take care and good luck. |
chris whittington
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 09, 2004 - 5:16 pm: |
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I am having a hard time finding a social security attorney in the area in which I live jackson , MS.
The yellow pages list very few and they will only take your case if you have already been denied. I need someone to take my case from the beginning to end. Any info or links would be appreciated. |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 5:36 am: |
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It is a custom in some parts of the country for attorneys to take cases only when the claimant is denied the first time, or sometimes even the second.
For various reasons, I often take cases before this, but other good lawyers do not.
You can talk to some attorneys farther away, but it is usually best to hire an attorney who is good who regularly appears before the judges that will be deciding your case. That might mean waiting.
You can go here Location of Social Security Hearing Offices to find out what office serves you; look for a lawyer who is good, that handles cases in that same office's area. That might expand things beyond Jackson for you.
Take care and good luck. |
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