Exploring employment options and making decisions about your career is a very important decision at any time in your life. Having a chronic illness can create additional challenges and barriers. Education and preparation is essential for this journey. See below for useful legal assistance resources that are available to you.
- Disability Benefits Law Center
This company represents individuals in the Philadelphia area and some suburbs with SSDI and SSI claims. The center provides legal assistance for those who may wish to apply, those who have applied and to those who have been denied and wish to appeal.
Philadelphia Office
1617 J.F.K. Blvd., Suite 1500
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(267) 622-4475
(866) 498-9387
Suburban Office
610 Old York Rd., Suite 210
Jenkintown, PA 19043
(215) 886-0660
(866) 886-0660
- Community Legal Services
This provides free legal assistance to individuals with low income in Philadelphia on a range of issues including SSI Disability Benefits.
1424 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
3638 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19140
(215) 981-3700
- Legal Clinic for the Disabled
This clinic provides free legal services to low-income people with physical disabilities in Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties, Pennsylvania.
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital
6 Franklin Plaza
Philadelphia, PA 19102
- Disabilities Law Project
The Philadelphia Building
1315 Walnut Street, Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 238-8070
- National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives
This organization can provide names of Social Security attorneys from a referral list.
(800) 431-2804
For referrals to private attorneys dealing with employment issues, please contact MSWorks at (800) 548-4611