Recommend a good lawyer for SS disability?

I can offer a tip for applying for SSD. Make sure the lawyer sends application to Boston and not Chicago. When I applied I was turned down and my lawyer(whom I can not remember her name)said applications that go through the Chicago office get turned down more. And that the Boston office is a bit more open to accepting claims. My disability claim was approved through the Boston office. I hope this helps.

I can't recommend them since I've not used the firm, but Gallon, Takacs, Boissoneault advertises on TV that they have attorneys that specialize in helping clients file for Social Security disability benefits. They also help clients with appeals if their initial applications are denied. Good luck, Blondee!

I would highly recommend Gallon and Takacs. They have helped many people that i know and if i may say, they are the best in the business (in my personal opinion of course).

I also recommend GTB - they are the reason for my approved Worker's Comp claim for Bilateral Carpel Tunnel.

I had a family member use Gallon & Takacs for a SSD appeal and the service was beyond great. I would recommend them for that as well.

Although I have no experience with the firm being mentioned here, I would recommend highly you get an attorney(s) who have a great deal of successful experience in this area.

My wife has had some experience reviewing claims as a federal law clerk (not in this area though). She would see them on appeals and could always tell which attorneys had experience (and could write, on point and persuasively, on the issue at hand) and who was just throwing everything against the wall to see what might win.

Incoherent briefs from attorneys piss off judges and their law clerks and make more work than usually necessary. So get someone who knows what the hell they are doing and can lay out your case in a clear, logical way. If you actually have a case, it should be a no-brainer. If you have a shady case, bullshit can be smelled a mile away.

Mmmm, I dunno, OHT. Someone in my neighborhood is on SS disability, and is the hardest-working yard worker around for miles. Often spends most of a full day out doing heavy landscaping, etc. Doesn't look too disabled to me, although maybe there are circumstances I don't know about.

Thanks for all the replies. We were thinking of GTB too, but just wanted to hear what people think.
And as a side note to luvtoledo, my person does not always seem to be disabled, but when his symptoms come on, he is very scary sick, and he does not leave the house when he is like that. So no one sees him that way. He hopes to be able to work part-time - he just want SS as a safety net. He doesn't have a college degree,and for general labor, employers prefer healthy people who can work all the time. Nice that your neighbor keeps his yard up - you wouldn't want it the other way.

Often spends most of a full day out doing heavy landscaping, etc. Doesn't look too disabled to me...

I'm not saying the courts are foolproof...that's hardly the case.

My main point is that if you go down this road, you need an attorney, experienced in dealing with the SSA, who can write a persuasive, competent brief. Hiring Joe "Federalli" Esquire ("Traffic tickets erased for only $40!")...although cheap....can doom your case because Joe doesn't have a clue.

Another upvote for GTB, they helped The Hub with BWC and helped my nephew with his SSD. After he was turned down 4 times, GTB was hired and got him on it first try. WHY a brittle insulin-dependent juvenile diabetic with kidney failure has to work so hard to get help is beyond me. >:(