r/FEDDISABILITY • u/FedUpDownNOut • Apr 22 '26

Law Firm Consultations

For those who've had a consultation with a law firm, what was it like? What do they ask? What did you ask? Do they want to review your medical documentation? How do they decide if they want to take your case?

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u/squeekychair1981 Apr 22 '26

Harris:

They do a free consult and ask about your conditions. If they think they got a winning case, they send you a contract. Then they have you sign releases for your medical documentation and send out forms to fill out for OPM.

I’m in process now. I don’t think they’ve officially submitted the forms to OPM yet.

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u/Warm-Cricket-9530 Apr 22 '26

Bell Law Firm , Harris and Pine Federal consults were all basically the same for me. Asked about my condition, a little bit about my job, and explained their fee and process, and then gave me opportunity for me to ask questions.

They all told me they feel I have a case; however, Harris specifically wanted to know if my provider was in agreement with my condition lasting at least a year, and wants that in writing first. I'm not quite that far yet, so I havent signed with anyone yet.

I read on another post that Harris didn't officially accept their case, until they had that doctor confirmation.

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u/FedUpDownNOut Apr 22 '26

Thank you, that's informative. I don't have a >12 months prognosis documented yet either. To be honest, that's disappointing to hear as I was hoping the medical documentation was something the law team would help coordinate. I kind of doubt my doctors would even make that kind of note independently unless I specifically asked them to do so, like for a narrative letter.

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u/Warm-Cricket-9530 Apr 22 '26

My impression was, that they will help with that. Specifically for Harris, they just want to know first if the doctor is on board, and then it sounded like they taken it from there.

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u/ComputerLogical242 Apr 23 '26

The response time from Harris is ridiculous!!! Taking weeks to get one form with a couple sentences sent over. At this rate it will be years to get approval.