I have been seeing much information about applying for SSDI, with some people thinking that they would have to pay a lawyer to reresent them. It is my understanding , and I think I can find it in writing somewhere, that an attourney who reresents you can not and will not charge you anything unless and untill you win your case. Then they get only a percentage of your benifits. I would think that this is a federal law. Barb's case boggled my mind reading her post. I am talking about first time requests for SSDI benifits. Lanier Maddux 63/2/1 N4AG Chattanooga, (choo-choo town) Tenn. Home of Lookout Mountain and Rock City ([log in to unmask])