American Disability LawFormerly the Law Offices of Stephanie Lake

What we do

Social Security Disability services

This firm practices Social Security disability law and nothing else — SSDI, SSI, appeals and hearings, in English and Spanish, since 1992. Four pages explain the work; every one of them ends the same way: a free case review where we tell you honestly whether we can help.

Phoenix disability lawyer

A Phoenix firm with its office inside the same building where the city’s disability hearings are held. Who handles your case, what it costs, and what happens when you call.

SSDI claims

Social Security Disability Insurance — the benefit you paid into with every paycheck. Who qualifies, what it pays, and how we work a claim at every stage.

SSI claims

Supplemental Security Income — the needs-based benefit for disabled adults and children regardless of work history. The medical standard is the same; the financial rules are not.

Appeals & hearings

Most applications are denied at first. The appeal stages are where cases are won — reconsideration, the hearing before a judge, and beyond. Deadlines matter here more than anywhere.

What representation costs

Nothing up front, and nothing at all unless you win. The fee is set by federal law: 25 percent of the past-due benefits Social Security owes you when you are approved, capped at $9,200. It comes out of the back pay — not your monthly checks going forward, and never out of your pocket. The full arithmetic, with examples, is in how much a disability lawyer costs.

How a case starts

  1. You tell us about your claim. By phone at (602) 200-9090 or through the free case review form. It takes about fifteen minutes.
  2. We review it before anyone calls you back. A member of the office reads what you sent, so you are not starting from zero on the phone.
  3. We tell you either way. If we can help, we explain what happens next and what it costs. If we cannot, we say so and point you somewhere that can.

What we do not handle

Disability overpayment cases — where Social Security says it paid you too much and wants it back — are the one thing we do not take. Everything else, call us. If your situation turns out to belong in a different area of law, we will say so in the first conversation and point you to someone good; after three decades in this field, we know who to send you to.

Call (602) 200-9090 Free case review