wayne shelton

Response from owner

We are sorry that you feel that way. We work hard to make sure that each and every one of our clients’ cases are ready for hearing. We spend our own money and staff hours during the several months after application, request for reconsideration and request for hearing stages to make sure that all of your medical records are obtained and properly filed as exhibits from all the medical providers that you have treated with in relation to your condition. Often times this is work that we do in our office behind the scenes as our clients are already stressed out enough regarding their situation and do not need additional stress regarding administrative issues. We only have attorneys represent our clients. By law PARALEGALS cannot even show up at a hearing. Additionally, we always have our attorneys do a prehearing conference with our clients. So you had to have contact with the lawyer immediately before your hearing and you are mistaken in your presumption that a paralegal accompanied you there. We are also aware of when our clients are winning their case at hearing and there is no necessity to ask additional questions of a client or to open the door to an issue that may be adverse to our position. In short, we know based on the judge’s questions to a vocational expert in relation to your work limitations and that expert’s testimony, what the conclusion of your claim will be. If there is no work that the claimant can perform with certain limitations as articulated by the vocational expert then there is no need for your attorney representative to ask any additional questions. In fact, additional questions could open the door to new information that may sway the judges opinion your claim when pursuant to the law they must grant you benefits under the testimony given. Under those circumstances it would be a disservice and ineffective assistance of counsel to our clients to just ask questions and pontificate to hear ourselves talk when we know we have already won the case. I hope that you take the time to call us personally if you’d like to speak about this issue so that we may be able to explain it better. We apologize for not explaining this more thoroughly to you and as always wish you the best.

December 14, 2019