How an Indianapolis Disability Advocate Gets Paid
Our Indianapolis disability advocates don’t collect a fee when we help you fill out an application for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or figure out if you may qualify for Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
We don’t even charge a fee when we collect and organize your medical records, file an appeal of your benefits denial, or represent you in front of a disability judge.
You’ll start receiving monthly checks once you get approved for disability, but this isn’t all you have to look forward to. You’ll also receive back pay meant to make up for some of the time you probably waited to get approved.
Your disability advocate’s fee comes out of that back pay. And they don’t get to charge whatever they want from those funds.
Social Security has strict rules about this. Your advocate can only charge you up to 25% of your back pay or $9,200, whichever is less, as of 2026.
This remains true even if your initial claim gets denied and you have to go through a lengthy appeals process. You can’t be charged more than this limit, even if your advocate worked on your claim for years.
So you don’t pay any upfront fees, and you won’t have to worry about additional fees coming out of your monthly Social Security Disability checks. Those benefits are all yours.
One more important thing: These rules mean you’ll pay the same amount whether you go to our local Indianapolis disability advocates, a lawyer at a big disability law firm, or representatives from a national company that manages disability claims
If the cost is going to be the same, go with experienced, local disability advocates who can give your case the personal attention it deserves.
Lots of big firms don’t take the time to get into the details of your claim. Disability claims might not even be their main focus.
The Indiana disability advocates at Hanley devote themselves entirely to Social Security Disability claims. There is little financial risk in getting us to support your case.
