Comments on: Making your Social Security claim stand out! http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2009/02/making-your-social-security-claim-stand-out/ Published by the Stasiuk Firm PC Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TomaszStasiuk http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2009/02/making-your-social-security-claim-stand-out/comment-page-1/#comment-1730 TomaszStasiuk Sat, 15 May 2010 22:13:41 +0000 http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/?p=1765#comment-1730 I don't believe most attorney's intentionally drag out Social Security cases. However, lawyers can be less than prompt (to put in nicely). Un-returned phone calls and messages are the number one complaint people have with lawyers!<br><br>And you're right, since legal fees can be up to $6,000, clients deserve attention when working with a lawyer. However changing attorney's comes with its own set of problems which I wrote about here: <a href="http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/09/should-you-fire-your-lawyer/" rel="nofollow">http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/09/sh...</a><br><br>All my best! I don't believe most attorney's intentionally drag out Social Security cases. However, lawyers can be less than prompt (to put in nicely). Un-returned phone calls and messages are the number one complaint people have with lawyers!

And you're right, since legal fees can be up to $6,000, clients deserve attention when working with a lawyer. However changing attorney's comes with its own set of problems which I wrote about here: http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/09/sh…

All my best!

]]> By: edwarddunn http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2009/02/making-your-social-security-claim-stand-out/comment-page-1/#comment-1729 edwarddunn Sat, 15 May 2010 21:51:36 +0000 http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/?p=1765#comment-1729 I am into my 20th month since filing my initial claim. The ALJ has the case and has ordered a CE, which I have done, and needs another copy of my Functional Capacity Exam. I have been very pleased with my attorney up to this point. The staff is where I have the issues. It is VERY annoying when I leave a voice mail message, or send an email to my case manager, and it gets agnored. I realize these folks are busy, so I am usually in touch once a month or so for an update. For instance, when the case manager emailed me that the ALJ wanted a better copy of my PFC exam, I tried repeatedly to get in touch with her to make arrangements to hand deliver it. The last time I mailed forms to them it took a week until the attorney got the forms from their PO Box. This is not exceptable. I never got a call back, so I mailed the forms. Just more delays in a rediculously slow process. On another note, as I said, so far I am pleased with the attorney representing me, and I have spoken to her on occaision, but I can see, due to how the attorneys and reps get paid, that it would be to an unscrupulous attorney's advantage to drag this along as much as possible. I am into my 20th month since filing my initial claim. The ALJ has the case and has ordered a CE, which I have done, and needs another copy of my Functional Capacity Exam. I have been very pleased with my attorney up to this point. The staff is where I have the issues. It is VERY annoying when I leave a voice mail message, or send an email to my case manager, and it gets agnored. I realize these folks are busy, so I am usually in touch once a month or so for an update. For instance, when the case manager emailed me that the ALJ wanted a better copy of my PFC exam, I tried repeatedly to get in touch with her to make arrangements to hand deliver it. The last time I mailed forms to them it took a week until the attorney got the forms from their PO Box. This is not exceptable. I never got a call back, so I mailed the forms. Just more delays in a rediculously slow process. On another note, as I said, so far I am pleased with the attorney representing me, and I have spoken to her on occaision, but I can see, due to how the attorneys and reps get paid, that it would be to an unscrupulous attorney's advantage to drag this along as much as possible.

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