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What type of documentation is required? My attorney hasn't given me any information on what I should be doing. > ---------- > From: Charles Countryman > Reply To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2001 11:08 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Disability Claims > > I had good experiences with my attorneys. The attorney who took care of > my issues with the disability insurance did not charge me an initial > consulting fee. What he did do was make a careful review of my > insurance claim and requested complete medical information. He did not > make any "big promises" to me about my legal prospects. But instead > explained to me that the results of my claim depended on the provisions > of the underlying policy, not the information given by my former > employer. He charged me about a $100.00/hour (several years ago) after > that, but it was always for actual contact (by phone & letter) with the > insurance company (that was in another state) from which he provided > documentation to me. > > When I needed assistance with my continuing Request for Reasonable > Accommodation (under ADA) with my employer, he told me that he had no > expertise there, but gave me names of three other attorneys (not in his > firm). I talked to two of them on the phone and chose one of them for > an office visit. She charged about $150.00/hour. But it was always for > detailed work that she documented. She was experienced in representing > both workers and employers in ADA cases, both private and public sector. > She emphasized the difficulties of taking these type of cases to court > and made sure that I had did everything reasonable on my part, including > going to part-time employment (encouraged by my disability insurance > policy), before the progression of PD forced me to go to full retirement. > > When it came time to file for Social Security Disability, I had ample > documentation of disability and needed no assistance from an attorney. > My claim was approved by SSA six months after I filed it. > > Charley > 50 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn