I m a little confused by your question, maybe it s the wording, or what are you really asking. Why do lawyers lie and tell you that you can get disability when you can t, is that the question. Especially as they don t make money if you lose, and they know you will lose. Well, you never know what way the courts are going to rule they really are strange, is one answer. But, I can say in NY it works one way, and I don t know if it s the same anywhere else. Here it s really very fair. There are special lawyers who are basically only disability lawyers. The charge upfront is $10, my lawyer didn t even want the $10, and it was worked out that he made I believe it was set at $40 if I won. To this day I still wonder why he set it at such a low winning rate as I had a case that couldn t lose, but he had a wife who was a doctor and made the money in the family and he did this because he wanted to, and most of his clients were poor and didn t get big sums of money when they won, I was a rarity, but I didn t fight it. Most of the lawyers take about 10% of the winnings if you win, or they keep the $10. Granted most end up with the $10, it s not that often you get a client with an easy case to win. As to why do they lie, most lawyers lie all the time, it s what they learn to do in law school. They don t actually lie, they just play with the truth to fit the situation.
Unfortunately people here like justinmein and chilliswoman think I m frauding the government because they don t think I m disabled enough and chilliswoman is acting like I m lying about being disabled. I have medical and school records proving it and SS acknowledges it but twice they ve said... Report Abuse
Twice they ve said in their own way they don t consider me disabled enough but my lawyer s trying to get me a hearing, I ve heard it s usually after this stage they ll give it to you. I trust they will. P.S. I m not the type of person to fraud the government. I ve swallowed so pride. Report Abuse
BTW: A disability lawyer is a type of pro bono work and I ve been told that if a lawyer doesn t think you are disabled enough he won t take your case. Report Abuse
He is gambling-he will take a case with a 1% chance of winning-because it doesn t cost him much to try--pocket change for a lawyer...he doesn t care about wasting your time. there are lawyers out there that will help you sue for anything- lawyers taht get people thaey know are guilty off--even public defenders taht get teh same salary whether they win or not lawyers taht sue an innocent person when theri client trips over tehir own feet on a perfectly even sidewalk---and those types of cases they do take on contigency (only paid when they win) if you do succeed-it is fraud-and when caught-you will have to pay ity back--i know a family this happened too--they exaggerated to get benefits-and tahn got a big bill form the government to pay back a years worth of benefits.... why do people go to casinos and play roulette-and bet all tehir money on 1 number--there is a small cahnce of winning-they just might get lucky- I have heard of lawyers take SSI cases for people that are blind in 1 (ONE) eye--that is not a marked disability---I lost the sight in 1 eye when I was 5--and didn t even notice it was blind until I was 16--i just though I had a normal astigmatism and needed glasses...i can drive--i do have a couple limitations-like I can t drive a school bus--but that will not qualify for SSI by any stretch of the imagination
It is called Pro Bono work. Many law firms are committed to doing a certain amount of pro bono work. It doesn t matter whether they win or lose - its the write-off that counts. You might be a good write-off.
Have you ever heard of the saying if it sounds to good to be true then it must be false.
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