Government & Environment

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CA, Dec 1985
Bar Number: 119433

Supreme Court of the United States of America
Supreme Court of California
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Central District of California
Eastern District of California
Southern District of California
District of Arizona (admitted as an out-of-state lawyer)

California State Bar Association
Los Angeles County Bar Association - Social Security Section
American Bar Association

I speak and attend CLE conventions regularly. I earn approximately 40 hours per year.

Presentations
-Southeast Bar Association of Los Angeles County, "My Journey to the Supreme Court" September 2003
-United States Magistrate Judges, Central District of California, "Current Issues in Social Security Cases in Federal Court" September 2003 - Revision of Model Orders for Further -Proceedings with Jan Walli, Chief Counsel Region IX OGC SSA, and Leon Weidman, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Chief Civil Division, Central District of California
-National Business Institute, "Handling Social Security Cases in California" July 2003
-National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, "Attorney Fees in Social Security Cases, Administrative" April 2003
-National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, "Cross-Examining Vocational Experts" November 2002
-National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, "ERISA Litigation for Social Security Lawyers" May 2002
-National Business Institute, "Handling Social Security Cases in California" September 2001
-National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, "Attorney Fees in Social Security Cases" April 2001
-Los Angeles County Bar Association, Social Security Section, "Mandamus as Relief for Non-Payment of Benefits and Fees" February 2001
-National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, "The United States District Court - The Next Step in the Adjudication of Social Security Disability Claims - For Beginners" October 2000
-Los Angeles County Bar Association, Social Security Section, "To Appeal or to File Anew, That is the Question. Answer: Do Both" May 2000
-Los Angeles County Bar Association, Social Security Section, "Practicing Social Security Law in Federal Court" September 1998
-Beverly Hills Bar Association, "Social Security, Medicare, and MediCal" September 1997
-Los Angeles County Bar Association, Social Security Section, "The DOT and Vocational Expert Testimony After Moncada and Johnson" September 1995

I have presented briefs in three cases to the United States Supreme Court. I argued Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Nord to the United States Supreme Court in April 2003.

Supreme Court Decisions
-Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Nord, U.S. (2003)
-Delta Family-Care Disability Survivorship Plan v. Regula, U.S. (2003) (memorandum disposition)

Court of Appeals Decisions
-Alford v. DCH Foundation Group Long-Term Life Ins. Co., 311 F.3d 955 (2002)
-Nord v. Black & Decker Disability Plan, 269 F.3d 823 (9th Cir. 2002) vacated U.S. (2003)
-Bruton v. Massanari, 268 F.3d 824 (9th Cir. 2001)
-Hart v. Massanari, 266 F.3d 1155 (9th Cir. 2001)
-Regula v. Delta Family-Care Disability Survivorship Plan, 266 F.3d 1130 (9th Cir. 2001) vacated U.S. (2003)
-Moore v. Apfel, 216 F.3d 864 (9th Cir. 2000)
-Stewart v. Thorpe Holding Co. Profit Sharing Plan, 207 F.3d 1143 (9th Cir. 2000) cert. denied, 531 U.S 1074 (2001)
-Silveira v. Apfel, 204 F.3d 1257 (9th Cir. 2000)
-Meanel v. Apfel, 172 F.3d 1111 (9th Cir. 1999)
-Chavez v. Department of Health and Human Services, 103 F.3d 849 (9th Cir. 1996)
-Hearn v. Western Conf. of Teamsters Pens. Trust Fund, 68 F.3d 301 (9th Cir. 1995)
-Flores v. Shalala, 49 F.3d 562 (9th Cir. 1995)
-Ruffalo v. Patterson (1991) 234 Cal.App.3d 341, 285 Cal.Rptr. 647
-Cooper v. Sullivan, 880 F.2d 1152 (9th Cir. 1989)
-Sprow v. Bowen, 865 F.2d 207 (9th Cir. 1989)
-MacDonald v. Pan American World Airways, Inc., 859 F.2d 742 (9th Cir. 1988)
-Desrosiers v. Secretary of Health & Human Services, 846 F.2d 573 (9th Cir. 1988)

District Court Decisions
-Horizon Outdoor v. City Of Industry, 228 F. Supp.2d 1113 (C.D. Cal. 2002)
-Nickel v. Barnhart, 205 F.Supp.2d 1131 (C.D. Cal. 2002)
-Booth v. Barnhart, 181 F.Supp.2d 1099 (C.D. Cal. 2002)
-Alford v. DCH Foundation Group Long-Term Life Ins. Co., 144 F.Supp.2d 1183 (C.D. Cal. 2001) affirmed 311 F.3d 955 (2002)
-Hoffman v. Halter, 140 F.Supp.2d 1056 (C.D. Cal. 2001)
-Azami v. Apfel, 24 F.Supp.2d 1007 (C.D. Cal. 1998)
-Perez v. Chater, 17 F.Supp.2d 1115 (C.D. Cal. 1997)
-Payan v. Chater, 959 F.Supp. 1157 (C.D. Cal. 1997)
-Barbato v. Commissioner of Soc. Sec. Admin., 923 F.Supp. 1273 (C.D. Cal. 1996)
-Stanistreet v. Chater, 21 F.Supp.2d 1129 (C.D. Cal. 1995)
-Wysocki v. Sullivan, 761 F.Supp. 1273 (C.D. Cal. 1991)

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California

The Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing provides representation to the disabled seeking Social Security and other disability benefits. The firm has its principal office in Santa Fe Springs, California conveniently located near the I-5 and I-605 interchange across the street from the Norwalk Metrolink station. Rohlfing & Kalagian serves the needs of clients in Long Beach, California near the end of the Blue Line. Both offices seek to enforce the rights of the disabled to benefits at all levels of administrative and court review. The offices have two partners, five associates, one attorney of counsel, and one retired member of the firm.

* Social Security
* Disability Benefits
* Initial Application
* Reconsideration
* Hearings
* Appeals
* Reviews
* Representation in Court

The Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing and Rohlfing & Kalagian handle over a thousand disability claims annually. The firms represent claimants for Social Security disability before the Social Security Administration at initial application, on reconsideration, at hearing before the Office of Hearings and Appeals, before the Appeals Council on request for review, and before the courts. Both offices seek out to represent those claimants that the Social Security Administration has wrongfully denied through all levels of appeal. Many clients come to the offices for primary representation before the Social Security Administration. Lawyers from all over California request the attorneys take over representation at the Appeals Council, the United States District Court, and the United States Court of Appeals. The work of the firms has led to decisions from the courts that have changed the way in which the Social Security Administration must adjudicate claims for disability benefits from the District Court, the Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court.

The members of the firm actively share their experience with other lawyers across in the nation in how to better represent claimants.

The Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing and Rohlfing & Kalagian offer two offices located in Santa Fe Springs, California and Long Beach, California. Our Santa Fe Springs office assists clients throughout California to include: Whittier, La Mirada, Norwalk, Pico Rivera, Montebello, Downey, Cerritos, Paramount, Compton, South Gate, Commerce, Bell, Bell Gardens, Brea, Fullerton, and surrounding cities. Our Long Beach office assists the South Bay, Paramount, Lakewood, and North Orange County.

We provide a no cost consultation on all disability claims and offer representation on a contingency fee basis. If you are seeking disability benefits, there will be no charge for attorney fees until we win your case.

Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing
Owner and Proprietor of seven-attorney firm (Santa Fe Springs).
February 1, 1989 to present

Rohlfing & Kalagian, LLP
Partner of three-attorney satellite office (Long Beach).
June 1, 2003 to present

Rohlfing and Donnelly
Partner in two-attorney firm.
July 1, 1987 to January 31, 1989

Williams and Rohlfing
Partner in two-attorney firm.
December 10, 1985 to June 30, 1987

I am a sustaining member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (NOSSCR). I currently serve as the Ninth Circuit Representative to the NOSSCR Board of Directors and currently serve as the Treasurer of NOSSCR sitting on the Executive Board. I am the past chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Social Security Section. I have presented numerous papers to the bi-annual meetings of NOSSCR, the Los Angeles County Bar Association Social Security Section, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the Southeast Bar Association of Los Angeles County, and the National Business Institute.

Community Involvement
La Mirada Little League - manager 1994, 1995, Winter 1995, 1996
La Habra Little League - manager 1997, Winter 1997, 2001, 2004, 2005, coach 2003
Whittier Pony Baseball - manager 1998
La Habra Girls Softball - head coach 1999, 2000
La Mirada Jr. All American Football - coach 1998
La Habra Pop Warner - team representative 1999, coach 2000, 2001, 2005
La Habra Christian Church - elder 2001-2006, vice chair 2002, chair 2003-2006

Kelly Hernandez

(562) 868-5491

Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.,
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Closed on all federal holidays.

No

Multiple staff speak Spanish.

Long Beach, CA
211 East Ocean Boulevard
Suite 240
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 868-5886

Fees are contingent, typically 25% of past due benefits or $5,300; whichever is less for a hearing level case.

None.

There is no charge for the initial consultation.

There is no up-front retainer. All fees are contingent on recovery.