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I am a lawyer. Have you exhausted all of the SSA appeals? Federal appeals take lots of time and money. There is no avoiding it. I assume you've tried and not been able to find anyone who will take it on a contigency basis. If so, and if you don't want to pay the money for a lawyer, your best shot is to try to frame your case as an important public interest case, and get a large rich law firm to help you pro bono...or go to a library with legal volumes and bone up on federal appellate procedure.
Check out your local law school. Many have legal clinics that will provide student representation for you. Or check out your local legal aid service.
What kind of injury do you have that prevents you from doing any work at all?
The threshold for receiving SSI is extremely high. (70%+ of all initial claims denied) You must prove you cannot work at all, and the likelihood that you will ever be able to is zero. I am sure you know this by now. Do you have private disability coverage? If so, sometimes the benefit is broken into a 'base' amount and an 'SSI' amount. If you receive SSI, then the SSI amount will be reduced accordingly. Therefore your insurance co will provide free legal assistance with this because then they can lower the benefit they pay. Of course if you don't have private insurance, all that I have written is worthless. It is necessary to have an attorney at the point you are at. All the best
You have a legal problem. Apparently, you have been representing yourself, and have not succeeded. You need an attorney. Free Republic is not an attorney, although there are attorneys here.
You cannot possibly tell the details of your situation here in these threads, and it would be inappropriate to do so. So, start with the link above here, call your local legal aid society, and begin your hunt for an attorney.
You may well have hurt your cause by continuing to act so long on your own behalf. You're right that few attorneys are going to want to take on a case that is marred by poor filings and other incorrect previous paperwork.
There may be an attorney who is a member of your church who can help you find assistance.
Make an appointment to see your Congressperson (hopefully, they're of the same political persuasion as you are) besides they exist in DC to represent you. If you're able to be in DC, make an appt. If not, then your Representative or Senator should have a local office. My dad hired an attorney because he was fighting the mining company to get his black lung benefits. My dad was test by his doctor and the mining companies doctors and tests proved my dad had black lung and a host of other problems. The lawyer's fee was to take a certain percentage should my dad receive his benefits. In a three year time that my dad hired this joker, the attorney wrote one (1), that's right ONE, letter. However, I was working in DC and my mom came to visit. I called her Representative up and demanded to get an appointment for her (it helped that it was an election year too). Instead Mom's Representative's aide (real nice person) took the case (to avoid an official appointment) and investigated my dad's case. My dad's file had already been filed away in "File 13". The aide was able to pull the file and rechecked. Wasn't too long afterwards that my dad received his black lung benefits at a time when the program was virtually bankrupt. Anyway, the lawyer charged my dad $1,000 for one letter. RIPOFF!!!
But you are flying a California flag?
If you can't find a lawyer to take a case, you should question the merits of the matter.
At this point, it sounds like you should contact local law schools and ask for the legal clinic, or try looking for a legal aid agency.
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