Here is one question you should always ask when you are looking for a lawyer to help you with a Social Security claim:
What percentage of your practice is Social Security cases?
Generally, you do not want someone who spends less than one third of his/her time doing Social Security work handling your case. When you want a job done right, you want a specialist.
However, do not be swayed by win/loss ratios.
I know this is counterintuitive. However, a lawyer who wins 9 cases out of 10 is not necessarily better than a lawyer who only wins 5 out of 10.
It all depends on which cases the lawyer took. Many lawyers will only take on easy cases. So, winning 9 out of 10, may actually mean they dropped the ball on an “easy” case. Other lawyers take on the really tough cases that no other lawyer will touch. If that lawyer wins 5 out of those 10 cases, that may be an impressive achievement.
Just keep in mind that pumping up win/loss numbers is as easy as turning away tricky cases.
