Nora C. Staum

Nora has handled three disability cases in our family and was successul as promised on all three. Each individual was told at the beginning that she only takes cases that are sure to be favorable. I think her experience and knowledge give her the ability to assess a case up front. Nora's staff wer...e easy to contact. The first assistant we dealt with was not responsive to my expectations so when I informed Nora she immediately replaced her with Dianne who was responsive, informative, and proactive with the case as it dragged through the SSD process. We've known Nora for about 10 years and can say that her office organization has always been impressive. My wife an I give Nora the highest praise and go out of our way to recommend her if we see an opportunity..

You don't have to look any further for a Great Attorney & Staff. Without the expertise and kindness of Nora Staum & Staff, I truly believe I would never have won my award. Nora Staum & Staff always keep you in the loop for your case. They never failed to return my calls and always were able to wa...lk me through the paperwork that was involved with my case. I felt like it was family as they represented me for my case. Cannot thank Ms. Staum or Staff for always being there for me. I highly recommend the best Attorney and Staff you can hire. Thank you sincerely, Vito

Nora and her office were very difficult to speak and meet with, except for the first meeting to get me to sign a contract. After that, her office is entirely difficult to work with, they don't return calls or answer emails. I was promised a face to face sit-down with her to prep me for the hearing. A... month out I started trying to arrange that, it never took place, she was always "out" and unavailable and the one appointment that was made for me, was canceled the day before. She sent me in blind, I had no idea what to expect. At the hearing, she introduced me to the ALL and that was pretty much it, she asked one question of a "employment Expert" that the system brings in, other than that, Nora never said another word in my defense. Then after interviewing two other Attorneys it was plain to me that Nora has no passion or fight in her. I ended up having to write my own appeal because she never got around to it, even after delaying my case by requesting an extension in order to get an appeal submitted. After trying to reason this with her, letting her know I needed her to get aggressive, she dropped me, but... put in a request for payment of her fees if I win in the future with my new attorney. Other than her sitting silently next to me for about an hour while before the judge, I doubt that her and her staff spent 2--24 hrs total on my case, including gathering docs, phone calls and emails. I heard that many years ago she was Great, however I don't think her heart is in this anymore, her business is run like a mill, and she just herds a mass number of clients through the system. Very disappointing!