Edward C. Ahlers

Ed Ahlers made a hugh difference in our lives (my wife and I). I have Parkinson's Disease and was denied Long Term Disability by my employers insurance underwriter. My wife and I met with Ed for over an hour explaining our situation. He was able to convince the insurance underwriter that my claim... should have been approved. It was in fact approved and back dated to the date it should have originally been approved. Thank you again Ed.

After foolishly applying for social security disability myself, and getting rejected, I was referred to Ed Ahlers by another attorney at Crowley, Ahlers, and Roth. (They also doggedly worked to get my wife her rightful worker's compensation benefits!) Mr. Ahlers took everything in hand, relieving me ...of the substantial paperwork burdens required by the SSA. He communicated with my doctor to get the perfect answers to the relevant questions. When an initial appeal resulted in a second denial, I was ready to give up. Instead, Ahlers took it on himself to both boost me and prove to SSA that their analysis was not just wrong but unjust. He filed for direction with an administrative law judge who declared positive judgement for my case. Without Ed, I would be killing myself trying to work again. Instead the judge agreed with him that SSA was absolutely wrong in their denial!

Mr. Ahlers is one of the nicest people we have met in a long time. He helped my husband with a disability appeal and he made the whole process so easy. And the kind things he said about my husband to the SSA were heart-warming and sincere. I'm pretty sure that's what changed their minds. From the tim...e we walked into the office, we were treated with respect and interest. We had feared that our case wouldn't even be considered by such a large law firm but that was not the case. Ed sat with us for an hour and went over every aspect of our case until I felt like he really knew us. The appeal process can be long and stressful but such was not the case with us. Ed Ahlers and his staff made it seamless and stress free. If you need a good appeals lawyer, contact this firm and this lawyer in particular. You won't be sorry. Thank you, Ed, from the bottom of our hearts.

I am so thankful I found Ed Ahlers to help me get my Long Term Disability Benefits reinstated. He met with me and listened and answered my questions. His knowledge and professionalism assured me to proceed when I had been dissuaded by the insurer that I could not overturn their judgement. He was no...t only able to get my appeal open but also ended with a positive outcome in a very quick and timely manner. I had taken out a private disability policy to protect me from the situation I find myself in. Thank you for helping me fight for my benefits.

I contacted Mr. Ahlers after my long term disability insurer stopped my benefits stating that I no longer met their definition of "disabled" after two years, which was basically that if you can do "anything for 40 hours a week" you do not qualify. Mr. Ahlers put me in touch with the proper folks to t...est and evaluate me and put together the documents needed to contest that claim. After submitting it, the insurer promptly restored my benefits, including the back payments. Mr. Ahlers did a wonderful job explaining what we needed to do, and addresssing my feels and concerns along the way. I would have no issues with hiring him again, or referring my friends or family to his care.