Social Security Disability

Choosing the right social security disability attorney is an important decision. Make sure your representative has attended multiple hearings, knows local judges and the doctors. Is your representative local or even an attorney? Is there a difference between a social security representative and a social security attorney? Yes. The difference can be significant. There is no formal legal training required to be a representative, while a licensed attorney must undergo 7 years of college and pass a bar exam. Find out!

Social security disability benefits are important to you, your family and your health. They include not only monthly benefits, but medical care as well.
The Social Security Administration administers two programs that provide benefits based upon disability:
The Social Security Disability Insurance program (also know as DIB or Title II) and the Supplemental Security income program (also known as SSI or Title XVI).
In order to qualify for either program you must prove that you are disabled from working. These programs do not consider someone who may be partially disabled. In addition to disability, the SSi program looks at financial eligibility. This means you only qualify if you are disabled AND you meet the financial need requirements. Social Security Disability claims can be complicated and overwhelming but also crucial to your well-being if you are disabled.

What do you want in a social security lawyer?
Commitment
You want a lawyer who won’t drop your claim because he’s afraid of the judge assigned to your case.

Compassion
You want to feel good about the lawyers and their staff.

Integrity
A lawyer who will tell you if it’s better to waive some back benefits to increase your chances of winning …even if that means the attorney gets less fees as a result.

Experience
Our lawyers have practiced social security disability law for a combined period of over 40 years and attended thousands of hearings. You want a attorney who has hundreds of memos researching medical conditions at their fingertips…and pays for medical and legal resources to stay current.
Thinking outside the box isn’t enough. A good social security disability lawyer realizes there is no box.

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Cross Examination/ Expert Witness Research/ Seminars

Dorothy Clay Sims has been invited over 300 times to state, national and international organizations to teach medical/legal issues. Dorothy Sims is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. This organization provide peer review ratings on issues including ethics and legal experience and the rating of AV is the highest rating a lawyer can achieve.

Cross–examining an expert witness can be overwhelming… After spending over a decade researching typical expert witness ploys, Dorothy authored a book, Exposing the Deceptive Defense Doctor (referring to insurance defense) to help lawyers . Her book was number one for three years in a row and she now gives private seminars to law firms to teach them how to:

    a. Find helpful background material on an expert. Where to go and what to do with it.

    b. Research the condition at issue and how to formulate the questions.

Dorothy assists lawyers in preparing for trial and conducting mediations. She also cross-examines expert witnesses around the US and is available for consultation if you have questions about a bad report from a bad expert.

Dorothy Sims and Elizabeth Stakenborg are listed in the Martin-Hubbell bar register and have earned an “AV” rating in their law directory.

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