Why can’t I find a lawyer to appeal a hearing denial?

Did you represent yourself at your Social Security disability hearing? If you were denied, you may find it is difficult to find a lawyer to represent you.

Sadly, this is a common problem.  It is much harder to hire an attorney after you been denied.
Why?
It all comes down to TIME! You only have 65 day to appeal a hearing denial (5 days to receive the notice, and 60 days to get the appeal to Social Security).  Note:  the appeal must be received by the deadline. Postmarked by the deadline is not enough.

65 days is not a lot of time for a lawyer to do the following:

Review the hearing decision.
Review the exhibit file.
Review …

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