Binder & Binder
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I am a disabled Veteran. The Veterans Administration (VA) has determined me unemployable due to my service connected illness. I wish getting VA benefits was as easy as typing that opening sentence, but it isn't. To get VA benefits you have to fight the Government tooth and nail and it took me around 13 years to get my benefits from the VA.

To qualify for Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefits you must meet certain eligibility requirements. The VA and the SSA have the same eligibility requirements as both are United States Government Departments. I was told by the VA to also apply for my SSA benefits. I figured that would be easy since I was already found unemployable due to my illness through he VA. WRONG! My SSA claim was denied.

I seen Binder and Binder's commercial on TV and called them because I was exhausted fighting the Government so I was going to let them fight the Government. After all, they said they were specialized in it so I figured it should be a walk in the park for them and I mean literally because I was already found to be unemployable by the VA which is another Government department.

Five years later and three appeals later, I along with my Binder and Binder lawyer who I have never met before was in arbitration. The SSA sent their doctor as their witness who testified that after his review of my medical evidence he found that I was unemployable. I figured it was a locked deal. I mean their doctor just testified on MY behalf! About a month and a half later however, I received a letter from the courts with the arbitration judge's decision. He ruled against me and his reason was because he believed that if I was sick the way I claim I would be skinny, not obese. YES, that was the explanation to his ruling. He disregarded my VA medical records, he disregarded the doctor who was their on behalf of the SSA and he used his own personal opinion to make a decision.

Binder and Binder appealed and the court sided with the arbitration judge. That is when I received a letter from Binder and Binder stating that we had one appeal left which was to the Supreme Court. I forget the cost involved, but I had to pay it up front if I wanted to appeal the Supreme Court. I had to let it go. I was railroaded and although I know that is what the Government does I still hold Binder and Binder responsible, because I do not believe they properly handled my case.

They kept sending me these questionnaires that asked me about my knees, hips and back because they were going for my arthritis. I kept telling them the arthritis was not my problem that it was my Gulf War Syndrome that made me unemployable, but they never listened to me. Hindsight is always 20/20 and looking back I wish I would have gone with a local law firm where I could have actually seen my lawyers face to face when needed.

If you are going to look for a lawyer to represent you against the SSA, don't pick a law firm that is national. Get a local law firm that you can deal with directly with your lawyer when you need to. I wish I could sue Binder and Binder. Any lawyer looking to take a class action suit?

if i dont have a chance because of not enough info let me know i dont want to go to a hearing for nothing and then get a bill for something i cant afford, my family is broke i could not pay you if i louse so let me know soon if its worth it to go on with it,

I was turned down for ssd 3 times I called Binder&binder for counsel so I talk to someoni told them I need a lawyer to present my appeal so they ask a lot of question and telling me what I needed to do, I explain to them all of my documents where in the computer, told them I worked 33 yrs on the same job, I have OA of bothb kness ben though operations and hard for me to get around. She said before I come in I would have to get all of these things be for I can have a interview. I couldn't get all the things that they wanted and just turned me down. After that I found a great SSD lawyer that knew everything, he told me I would have to wait a yr for my appeal to be called, he just stayed intouch 2months before I had my hearing I got up to dat doctorse doctors notes for the hearing and won my case and got back 2 yrs of money owed to me I very greatful for the lawyer I got just had to tell my story I won my case thank you Binder&Binder for being so cold and not helpin me win my case, y'all need to learn how to talk to ppl needed your help so glad I found another lawyer and he got payed well.

These thugs are true crooks. Their name should be BENDdem and BENDdem. The will Bend you over and stick it to you with no grease. What is worse, they are doing it to the Disable and Elderly. Please do not use them. Please, Please, Please save yourself. They will lie to you and on you. They have NO INTEGRITY, MORALS or Respect for Human life at all. You will talk to the receptionist the whole time and not meet your "Attorney" until the day of your hearing, if you get one. You have to do ALL OF THE WORK YOURSELF. If there is any cost for medical records our anything that has to do with your case. You must pay upfront. Please go to your County Advocate with any Social Service Office. I am in the process of trying getting a refund of $6000.00. Fees they charged me for nothing. The Attorney even came to court to tell me he had NO PROOF to win my case. In the Judges Chamber he asked to postpone. The Judge said NO and ask if I wanted to proceed. I said yes. He sat there quite the whole time. The Judge made a Bench decision "GRANTED". This Attorney then asked for a MOTION. Need I say more. They are AWFUL. Just Awful!

I am a client of B&B and I went to my disability hearing last week. My representative from Binder& Binder told me if I would get a partial favorable decision from the judge we would appeal it. I told her I do not want to appeal a partial favorable decision. She then told me I would still get my disability checks even if I would appeal the partial favorable dicision. Which I found out is a lie. She said they may only pay my backpay to my 50th birthday which was in August 2011, so I would only get paid about 7 months of backpay instead of the full amount when I applied for disability in Aug 2010 and became disabled in Aug. 2008. I need the money now.I know I will be missing out on alot of backpay money, if I don't appeal the decison. Binder& Binder still will get paid some money and I will start getting my disability checks. Does anyone know if B&B can make me appeal on a partial favorable decision if I do not want to. How do I go about gettiong rid of them, if my decision from the judge is a partial favorable decision? And when I do get rid of them, can they charge me more if I don't appeal a favorable decision?

Binder and Binder should be sued. I spent almost 6 years trying to get my son disability through them. After the appeal was denied Binder and Binder told me the only way passed was to file a appeal with the supreme court or find another lawyer. I was hoping to at least keep my sons access to pay forr his medical bills and figured there was no way for getting help forr him. When access inforrmed me that unless I did another appeal (which Binder and Binder did not state) he would lose his medical access. It was to late to appeal so I talked to another lawyer through access and was told that my sons previous denial did not show anything from the physiatrist he was seeing. Binder and Binder never submitted that inforrmation to the Social Security or they got paid off so he couldn't get it. Either way I have to start all over again and we lost the almost six years previous. What ever you do never ever trust Binder and Binder. They are a fraud and ripoff. It will be a waste of your time like it was our. Find someone who actually knows what the law is and really care forr people.

Thank you and good luck,
Ginger

BEWARE! These are some of many crappy law firms/lawyers to avoid: Fleschner Stark Tanoos & Newlin, Binder and Binder, Ramon Walls Palanca, Jr., Nathaniel F. Hansford, James W. Ellison, Daniel W. Hamilton, Michael C. Garrett, Benjamin A. Jackson, Jackson R Massey, William Sussman, Jeffery S. Bowman, and Darwin F. Johnson, whom all have had & continue to have- numerous complaints and accusations of violating the law, sexual misconduct, racism, lying about clients to cover up their mistakes, rudeness, falsifying records, and sabotaging their own clients's cases (esp. that of African-Americans)!.
ref: http://crappylawyers.blogspot.com
http://binder-and-binder.pissedconsumer.com
http://workersuncompensation.blogspot.com
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We felt after the first refusal that something seemed wrong with the way Binder and Binder was handling my Husband's SSD Case. After the second refusal and he talking to one of heads of B&B who said he would look into the problem personally, we and friends in the legal field although this was not their area of law, our feelings became fact. He was turned down for a third time. Mine you, my Husband is a amputee with 20 pounds of medical records supporting his claim for SSD and B &B didn't think that was enough so they sent him to their doctor, at our cost, for medical evaluation. B&B couldn't get any of this medical information accepted. Thank goodness for the good people we know, they lead us to a law firm that took his case to the Federal Level. B&B very politely tells you that they are sorry and will help if you choose to go to the Federal Level but they don't do that and discourage you from doing it because it is too much work and time envolved. If you are turned down DO NOT give up, their are law firms that can help, but it may take up to another 2 years. My husband finally got his SSD after over 5 years of additional pain and suffering. We shall be always grateful to the Law Firm that helped us. I wrote 2 letters to Charles Binder after all was said and done and my husband was finally getting much needed medical attention but he skirted the issues. My second letter which was very detailed must have really struck a never because Charles Binder's response was that he couldn' t take anything I wrote serously because I was not the client my husband was and that I just should get on with my life. I realize that everyone's issue with B&B is different but if anyone would like a copy of this 2nd letter, it might help you through your ordeal, I will send it. I can be contacted at [protected]@hughes.net. Good luck to you all

I just found this and thank goodness I did before I hired these people! THEY AREN'T EVEN REAL LAWYERS! If you are considering hiring them please check this link out first:

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I just saw that the Senate is wanting Social Security to look at all of the cases that have been represented by Binder and Binder. Some people may even have to pay their won benefits back. If I were you, I would NOT trust these guys. Just look what they did to the guy on the website linked above.

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March 3, 2011 at 6:08 am
Here is the scam that can happen because it did to me. I signed with Binder & Binder. I sent them all the info they requested. My case involved a workman’s compensation lump sum payment. I did not expect to win my case. After about five months I got a call from the local social security office telling me that I had been approved for social security disability. I went to the local office and the lady entered all my figures in the computer. After the first calculation I was told that the off-set for my workman’s comp. payment had left me with a 0 payment. The lady then said wait a minute and she re-entered the figures and this time she said I would get about $1496.00 per month. I was amazed and I thought something was wrong. I asked her to confirm it and she said it was correct. She said I would receive this payment for the rest of my life or until my medical condition improved. I called Binder & Binder and ask them to make sure this was correct and they assured me it was. Well 6 months later I get a letter from the social security headquarters stating that I had been overpaid and the payments would stop and a mistake had been made at the local office. I had built my life around this payment and now it is gone and I am ruined. I called Binder & Binder and the rep told me that the local social security offices frequently make mistakes. She also said that Binder & Binder require a $6000.00 retainer to work on over-payments. So you can see that now Binder & Binder have collected their fee for my disability case. I should not have received anything from social security and I will have to repay them around $15, 000. I don’t have that kind of money. I am now screwed as far as future payments from SSD or regular social security. Binder & Binder have their money and I cannot afford anymore legal fees. Does anyone have any advice?

Binder and Binder are the biggest joke for a law firm in the world. The judges do not like them and my judge made a joke abou them. I saw many attorneys who were local and the judge jokied and chated with them but when the Binder gal came his face changed. The person they sent to the hearing was not even a lawyer.

Binder wears a hat like he is some good old boy when he is really a native new yorker. These two guys have ripped off many many people. other people I kn ow and sometimes they just send a letter to the judge and do not even want a hearing. (dont want to come that far.)

Get a local lawyer. DO NOT GET BINDER AND BINDER.

I just got off the phone with Binder and Binder. I was on hold for an extremely long period of time and when I finally did get someone to initiate my consultation it started out fine. The woman didn't sound thrilled to speak with me but I ignored that. By the time I got off the phone with her I was in tears. She was cold and rude (not what they advertise that's for sure) and accused me of giving her incorrect dates. I almost hung up on her just a few minutes into the consultation but decided to wait it out and see. By the time the consultation was finished and I hung up the phone I had decided that I do not want Binder and Binder to represent me. Horrible, heartless lawyers.