Dec 13, 2009

Updated Fee Payment Stats

Below are undated statistics on payments of fees to attorneys and others for representing Social Security claimants:

Fee Payments

Month/Year Volume Amount
Jan-09
28,423
$101,128,880.69
Feb-09
31,352
$112,791,207.17
Mar-09
29,199
$104,155,187.96
Apr-09
30,963
$110,133,425.19
May-09
36,603
$126,725,262.45
June-09
31,799
$113,962,564.84
July-09
34,802
$124,621,068.71
Aug-09
28,218
$100,279,282.51
Sept-09
28,455
$100,918,402.40
Oct-09
36,729
$131,011,485.43
Nov-09
29,423
$103,696,628.46

It is worth noting that representing Social Security claimants now generates more than a $1 billion a year in fees. We first passed that threshold last year.

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