I was denied disability 2 times and then I hired an attorney. When I asked him how much this would cost, he stated "I charge by the hour". Things started to go wrong from the very beginning. He went on vacation and then he got sick for about 2 weeks. I finally received a letter from SS and they stated that the hearing I had filed for was being denied. That I had finally made the SSI family. But the part that is so confusing is the Attorney. I called SS agency located here, and asked a few questions. But it is almost impossible to get by without an attorney. I reseached the plan to move this along. I researched the hold out portion and the lump sum. I have yet to receive an itemized bill from the attorney. This attorney has called me 2 times and I have only seen him 2 times. There were some item of information that he needed. Felt that I was ws doing the wok. This is still a mess. ya acc