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Social Security Fees
We do not charge a fee until you win.
Our fee is twenty-five percent of the back award of benefits owed to
you for the time you have been unable to work. Once you begin
receiving your benefits, no fee is due from your monthly checks. There
are no fees, court costs or other expenses, unless you win.
Maximum Fee
Although the fee is twenty-five percent of your back award, there is a
maximum fee charged for services provided through an Administrative
Law Judge hearing, and an appeal, if necessary, to the Appeals Council
of the Social Security Administration. Currently, the maximum fee is
$5,300. This means that the fee is twenty-five percent of the back
award of benefits, or $5,300, whichever is less. The commissioner of
the Social Security Administration has the power to increase the
maximum fee amount.
Cessation Cases
Sometimes people who are receiving disability benefits are notified
that their benefits will be ceased, based on medical improvement, or
other causes. Our office helps to protect the benefits they are
already receiving. In this situation, we ask our client to deposit
twenty-five percent of each monthly check they receive while they are
appealing the decision is to cut off their benefits. If we are
successful in preventing the cessation of benefits, we will submit a
fee petition, seeking approval of our fee. If we are unsuccessful, all
monies deposited are returned to the claimant.
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