12/30/2025
71% Isn’t the Whole Story — It’s the 29% That Defines Us
When I began practicing law 20 years ago, I became obsessed with one number: our success rate. Not for bragging rights — but because behind every percentage is a real person who cannot work, cannot provide, and is searching for dignity in a system that feels impossible to navigate.
In 2025, our firm secured Social Security Disability and SSI benefits for 71% of our clients.
But the story isn’t the 71%.
It’s the 29% who were denied.
Law school teaches that attorneys are not a “bus” — we don’t have to take every case. Technically true. But in Social Security Disability law, that philosophy never sat right with me. No two cases are the same. No two lives are the same. And every person deserves the chance to be heard.
If someone has a viable reason they cannot work, I take the case.
I help them complete the endless paperwork.
I gather medical records.
I coach them on evidence that can strengthen their claim — symptom journals, headache logs, functional statements.
And when the case is complicated — expired DLI, limited medical treatment, homelessness, outdated disability standards — I don’t walk away.
I lean in.
Because even when the system doesn’t believe them, I do.
Some of the people we represent have been turned away elsewhere — told they “don’t have a case.” They come to us because they need more than odds; they need an advocate.
So yes — I’m proud of a 71% success rate. But I’m even prouder of the cases we take when success is uncertain — because everyone deserves their day in court and someone willing to fight for their story.
