Why does a person need a lawyer to get what is owed them from the Social Security Administration? -

Lawyers advertise that they can get you what is owed you. If social security owes a person certain monies, why does that person have to quot;payquot; a lawyer to quot;forcequot; social security to pay what they should have paid in the first place?

Yes that is the way the attorneys have it set up.

Social Security Lawyers actually don t make that much money. They can only make a maximum of $5,300.00 or 25% of the retroactive paym which ever is less: check this Social Security Lawyers site for more info: http://www.socialsecuritydisab... Report Abuse

Because it is the Government and they love to take your money but are very unlikely to give it back. Even if you deserve it. Look at the whole Social Security situation. I pay in but I will never see my money again.

You don t have to use an attorney. A normal person can file the paper work with the SSA just as well as a lawyer. I think alot of people go with lawyers so they don t have to deal with the SSA directly. The paperwork you have to file is really long and boring. You have to hand fill out all the forms in triplicate. If you have time do it yourself it will save you some money.

Are you serious? The SSA will not pay a dime to deserving candidates without tons of paperwork, appeals and enough red tape to choke a horse. Lawyers are the only ones with enough knowledge of the REAL laws and loopholes to get results.

As you would dispute your social security benefits in an administrative hearing, you don t have to get an attorney to represent you. You can proceed pro se--representing yourself. You can, in fact, do this during a civil trial as well. You re not paying an attorney to force the SSA to do anything for you. You re paying so you don t have to do it yourself. You re paying so that you don t have to put the time into the research and the drafting and the preparation for the hearing. You re paying so that when there s a disagreement with the opposing counsel, you don t have to be the one to negotiate with them. In other words, you re paying for expertise and experience. Attorneys aren t forcing you to do anything--we re not the bad guys here.