Unlike many other lawyers, Social Security disability lawyers do not charge clients anything when they accept their case nor do they expect a retainer. Instead of up-front fees, a Social Security disability lawyer in Missouri is paid when they win the case and their client is awarded his or her monetary benefits.
Contingency fee agreement:
The US Congress is responsible for setting the fee structure that Social Security lawyers can charge their clients. When a lawyer agrees to take your case, you enter into an agreement with him or her. The agreement specifies the fee structure and stipulates that if your claim is approved, your lawyer will be paid from your initial benefit package. Social Security disability lawyers are obliged to take a case based on a contingency basis; this simply means that they get paid when you win your case.
What is the fee?
Congress has capped the legal fees that can be charged, currently, they are based on 25 percent of any past due award you get, up to a maximum of $6,000. If the SSA does not award back pay, the lawyer will not get a fee, although this would be very rare.
As well as the legal fee, you can anticipate being billed by your lawyer for such miscellaneous charges such as costs associated with gathering evidence or fees paid to expert witnesses if they are called.
Once your claim for disability benefits has been approved, the Administration will calculate the amount of back pay owed. If you have been approved for SSDI, this includes money that you are owed from the date of your approval back to when the Administration agreed you became disabled, up to a maximum of one year. If you were approved for SSI the past due benefits are from the date of approval to the month following the month you first applied.
When you hire a Social Security disability lawyer in Missouri he or she will be paid from your initial award, paying your lawyer is something you will not have to worry about. If you are disabled and wish to claim benefits you are invited to contact Grundy Disability Group, LLC.
