Parmele Law Firm Questions

At Parmele Law Firm, our mission is to provide excellence in representation, compassion for the disabled, and hope for the hopeless, with honesty, integrity, and equity for all.

Filing a claim for Social Security disability benefits on your own can be an overwhelming process. Confusing forms. Busy Social Security Administration telephones. Social Security Administration employees who are trained how to question applicants in a way to weaken their disability case.

Being sent for evaluations to doctors that are routinely used by the Social Security Administration. Long months just wondering whether your claim has been approved or denied.

As in any serious matter, questions abound. Below are a couple of answers to some common law firm questions you may have. Because individual circumstances differ, you should not rely on any information here as being applicable to your given factual situation.

Frequently Asked Questions

You must not rely on any of the general information provided here as being specifically applicable to you. For more information, please call (855) PARMELE or leave your contact information below to schedule a free consultation.

Determining whether your illness qualifies as a disability as defined by the Social Security Administration guidelines is not an easy task. For help making that determination, call our office at 1 (855) PARMELE to schedule a no-charge consultation to discuss your illness, answer your law firm questions, and get help to find out what disability benefits you may be eligible to receive.

Because You Have Enough to Worry About…

Nothing in the SSA’s rules says that you have to hire an attorney before you’ll be approved to start receiving benefits. However, the statistics clearly show that people who do not have legal representation also have a significantly lower success rate.

This is the number one reason to hire an attorney.

At Parmele Law Firm, our primary focus on disability claims means that our lawyers are as familiar with the medical issues involved in these cases as they are the legal ones. Working together, our lawyers and support staff help thousands of people each year.

Non-lawyer advocates that handle SSD and SSI claims are allowed to charge you the same amount of money that a lawyer can charge—why trust your case or your chances for a successful result to someone with very little legal training when you can hire an attorney for the same price?

If you are disabled due to an injury or illness and can’t work, you should know that you can not only afford a lawyer, but also that your chances of winning an SSD or SSI claim improve significantly if you do, in fact, have legal counsel.

At Parmele Law Firm, we understand that the cost of hiring a lawyer to represent you in a Social Security Disability case may seem like a luxury that you cannot afford. We’re here to tell you that you can.

Disability lawyers are mandated by the Social Security Administration to charge on a contingency basis. The Social Security Administration also mandates the maximum amount of fees that attorneys can take out of your back pay. If the Social Security Administration awards you disability benefits, then we can charge no more than 25% of your awarded back pay up to the maximum amount dictated by the Social Security Administration. That means a lawyer can only charge the less of the two. If 25% of your back pay equals $2,000, then your disability attorney cannot ask for the maximum amount. On the other hand, the attorney cannot ask for more than the maximum amount, even if 25% of your back pay is more than that.

We can explain how this works in more detail at an initial consultation, and if you decide to become a client of Parmele Law Firm, we will provide you with a written fee agreement outlining the costs. We would be happy to answer any other law firm questions you might have at that time.

In brief terms, we evaluate, assess, and order the evidence to build the strongest possible case for each person or family we represent. We don’t take shortcuts. We pay attention to the details. We are well prepared to protect our clients’ interests at each stage of the process. In many cases, our experience and reputation for thoroughness have allowed us to secure benefits for our clients without having to attend a hearing. If you decide to hire us and become a client yourself, we are happy to provide you with more details about our practice and the work that we’ll be doing on your behalf.

Parmele Law Firm Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Do You Qualify for Disability Benefits?

Why Should I Hire an Attorney?

Should I Hire an Attorney or an Advocate?

Can You Afford an Attorney?

What Will It Cost?

What Do You Do?

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Parmele Law Firm Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Do You Qualify for Disability Benefits?

Why Should I Hire an Attorney?

Should I Hire an Attorney or an Advocate?

Can You Afford an Attorney?

What Will It Cost?

What Do You Do?

Consult with Parmele Law Firm Today

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