Nevada Social Security Disability Lawyer. Statewide. Experienced. On your side.

Denied Social Security Disability in Nevada? You are not alone — and you are not finished.

Nevada has one of the highest initial denial rates in the country for Social Security Disability claims. SSA denies most first-time applications here, often for procedural reasons — missing records, incomplete function reports, work history forms filled out incorrectly — that have little to do with whether you are actually disabled.

The good news: most of those denials can be overturned at the hearing level — if you have an experienced SSDI attorney who knows Nevada’s hearing offices, the administrative law judges who run them, and the vocational experts who testify.

Why work with an attorney who knows Nevada hearings?

Nevada disability hearings are run by administrative law judges assigned to the Las Vegas hearing office, with some Reno-area cases handled separately. Each judge has patterns — the kinds of evidence they find persuasive, how they weigh vocational testimony, what they expect from your treating doctors. Knowledge built from being in those hearing rooms regularly is what separates a real Social Security Disability lawyer from a national call center.

Our office is located in the same building as Phoenix’s SSA hearings office. That perspective — built from being inside hearing rooms every week — informs how we prepare every Nevada case.

What our Nevada Social Security Disability clients deal with

Our Nevada Social Security Disability clients commonly deal with:

• Physical impairments: Back and spine disorders, joint disease, COPD, heart disease, and diabetes with complications — often the result of decades in hospitality, construction, warehousing, or mining work.
• Mental health conditions: Severe depression, anxiety, PTSD, and bipolar disorder. These are frequently under-documented because consistent treatment was unaffordable — a gap our team helps close.
• Age 50+ cases under the grids: Nevada SSA judges apply the Medical-Vocational Guidelines regularly. If you are 50 or older and cannot return to your past work, you may qualify even without proving you can’t do any job.
• Widow(er) benefits: Surviving spouses with disabling conditions may qualify on a deceased spouse’s work record starting at age 50.

Nevada hearing offices and wait times

Nevada claimants are assigned to hearing offices based on where they live. Current wait times from hearing request to decision are typically 9 to 18 months — though this fluctuates. We use the waiting period to build the strongest possible record.

Nevada cities we serve

We represent Nevada Social Security Disability claimants statewide, including Las Vegas, Henderson, Reno, North Las Vegas, Sparks, Carson City, Elko, Pahrump, Mesquite, Boulder City, Fernley, Winnemucca, and surrounding communities. You don’t need to come to our Phoenix office — most communication is by phone, email, and our case app, and you can upload documents from anywhere.

What it costs (nothing, unless we win)

Social Security Disability attorneys in Nevada — including our firm — work on a contingency fee. You pay no retainer and no hourly bills. If we win, the fee is 25% of your backpay or $9,200, whichever is less. If we don’t win, you owe nothing. This fee structure is set by federal law.