At Radosevich & Dixon, Social Security disability law is all we do. We handle Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) claims from the initial application to the administrative hearing to a federal court appeal, if that is necessary to protect your rights. When you become our client, we stand by your side for the duration of the Social Security disability benefits process. Most of our clients live in Colorado, but we accept cases from the surrounding states of Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas and New Mexico, and continue to represent our Colorado clients who move to those states after we have begun a case for them.

Paul Radosevich was born in Denver, Colorado in 1957. He earned his B.A. in political science from the University of Colorado at Denver, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He received his law degree from the University of Santa Clara in 1982. Mr. Radosevich has practiced Social Security disability law for more than 25 years. He is a frequent lecturer on Social Security disability topics and a sustaining member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives.

Most clients prefer … and most lawyers offer … a “contingent fee,” a fee paid only if they win. The usual fee is 25% (one-quarter) of back benefits up to a maximum amount set by SSA, which is currently $6,000. The fee comes from those benefits that build up by the time you are found disabled and benefits are paid. No fee comes out of current monthly benefits.

Although the usual fee will not normally exceed the maximum fee of $6,000, if your lawyer has to appeal after the first administrative law judge hearing, your contract might allow for a fee greater than $6,000. Even in this circumstance, though, your fee is likely to not be greater than 25% of back benefits.

In addition to the fee, many attorneys expect you to pay the expense of gathering medical records, obtaining medical opinion letters, etc.

Radosevich & Dixon

Denver Social Security disability lawyers

1621 York Street

Denver, Colorado 80206

Toll Free: 1-888-477-8080

Phone: 303-377-1300

Fax: 303-377-2012

Social Security regulations make it easier to be found disabled as you get older. It becomes easier for a few people at age 45 (those unable to readEnglish), for more people at age 50, for most people at age 55, and even more people at age 60. If you’re over age 55 and you cannot do any job you have done in the past 15 years, you should definitely apply. If you’re over age 50 and have a severe impairment that keeps you from doing all but the easiest jobs, you ought to apply.

But even if you’re a younger person, you don’t have to be bedridden in order to be found disabled. If you’re under age 45 or 50 and you cannot do your past jobs and you cannot work full time at any regular job, that ought to be enough.

Nevertheless, being unable to work and being found “disabled” by the Social Security Administration (SSA) are two different things. It is often difficult to convince SSA that someone is “disabled” even when he or she genuinely cannot work. But it is not impossible.

If you really cannot work, apply for disability benefits from SSA. And keep appealing denials at least through the hearing before an administrative law judge. If you lose at a hearing, sometimes a lawyer with experience handling disability cases can figure out a way to win your case by pursuing the next appeal – to the Appeals Council.