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The client's life may be a tad easier, due to a little monthly money while
there may be no legal fee from SSA as a result of winning, we get paid
in spirit. No, it doesn't pay the bills, and the limits of how many such
cases I can take are necessarily based on the time available after The
client's life may be a tad easier, due to a little monthly money coming in
the door - Or the availability of Medicare or Medicaid. So, while there
may be no legal fee from SSA as a result of winning, we get paid in
spirit. No, it doesn't pay the bills, and the limits of how many such cases
I can take are necessarily based on the time available after the bills are
paid. That does stink :( But, I look forward to the day when I can hire
another advocate to help take on more and more of these cases that
don't pay the bills, but are important to represent anyway. To do this,
obviously, means donations.
I also take on cases that no one else will touch for other reasons - if,
morally, the claimant deserves financial assistance but for legally
necessaries to get his or her benefits, I don't want to turn him away
For example: Some Vietnam vets who haven't worked in a decade,
haven't been treated in 10 years, and haven' t been insured with SSD
for even more years, are and have been my clients. Good chance of
winnng? Nope, at least not by others' standards. But all else being
equal, in an effort to give back to these unsung Heros, whom without I
may not be so free or so fortunate, I feel a duty here. I wish more people
did. If there is a 10% or 5% chance of winning for them, after putting in a
150% effort, they deserve the representation, the chance, to have their
life made a little easier. And so I take them as clients, so long as I see
that glimmer of chance. I am often pleasantly surprised, albeit, a little
tighter in the wallet :)
So yes, Donations here help us pay the advocacy office bills so we can
continue to 'level the disability playing field, in an otherwise uneven
game.' The laws should not just work and be available for those with
money, in the USA, they should be available for all. Thank you for
donating whatever you can that won't cause you to do without.
a claimant simply because his case is so
new, or not started, or that back benefits I
don't exist and may never exist. Yes, that
means that sometimes we take cases
understanding that there will no fee when
we win. But, good things come anyway -
And it is the right thing to do.
All amounts, big or small - you decide.
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