The Laporte Law Firm has been representing Social Security disability claimants in the Bay Area since 1982, when Terry LaPorte started his practice specializing in Social Security disability claims. Terry grew the law firm to include three attorneys and a senior paralegal, and opened offices in San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco, Salinas, Santa Cruz, Burlingame, Sacramento, Stockton and Hawaii. Terry has successfully represented thousands of disability claimants over the course of his career.
The LaPorte Law firm is a full service law firm, providing legal representation at all stages of the Social Security disability benefits process, including the initial application, the reconsideration appeal, and finally at the disability hearing stage with an Administrative Law Judge. We are a local law firm mainly servicing the Bay Area, so we are familiar with the administrative judges at the San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland hearing offices, and the staff at local Social Security field and hearing offices.
We provide free initial consultations for people who are either considering a disability application, have been recently denied on their application, or are waiting for their disability hearing to be scheduled. We explain the process and decide the best strategy for pursuing their claim. Once retained, we obtain medical records to document our client’s disability, ensure that Social Security paperwork and appeals deadlines are met, and communicate with our clients throughout the disability process and help prepare them for their disability hearing with an Administrative Law Judge.