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Firstly, you do not necessarily need a lawyer or representative to file the appeal of your initial disability denial. If you are able to take care of your own paperwork and affairs, you should be able to request a reconsideration appeal packet, fill out the pertinent paperwork, and return it to your local Social Security office within sixty five days. If you do not feel like filling out appeal paperwork online, you can fill out your appeal request, appeal disability report, and print your medical release forms. If you are filing a reconsideration appeal you will still have to send in your printed medical release forms, but all other information can be completed online. It really does not matter which approach you use since you are most likely able to file your reconsideration appeal on your own. Frankly, this is basically all a lawyer or representative can do for you at this appeal level. Of course, if you are unable to complete and return your reconsideration appeal paperwork due to a mental or physical impairment, by all means you should obtain the services of a Social Security lawyer or representative to help you file your appeal. Most individuals pursuing their disability claims with Social Security should consider obtaining the services of a knowledgeable Social Security representative or attorney to help them file their request for a hearing. Although most individuals who are filing for disability are capable of completing the appeal paperwork and returning it to Social Security, most are not able to use Social Security rules, guidelines, and regulations to present their disability claim favorably before an administrative law judge. Qualified Social Security representatives are best able to argue the merits of your disability claim, because they are familiar with all of the rules and guidelines that make up the Social Security disability process. Social Security representatives do not have to be attorneys; Social Security allows non-attorney representatives to represent disability claimants. In fact, you may well be better represented by a non-attorney representative who specializes in Social Security disability than an attorney who does not specialize in Social Security disability. 
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