Darrin James Andrus

Darrin James Andrus

also known as Darrin J. Andrus

4.7
Rating: 6.7

Licensed for 24 years

Social Security & Disability Lawyer at Grand Blanc, MI
Practice Areas: Social Security, Workers Compensation

12750 S Saginaw St, STE 208, Grand Blanc, MI

About Darrin

Practice Areas

2

Practice Areas

Social Security & Disability 50%

25 years | 1,000 cases

50%
Workers Compensation 50%

34 years | 600 cases

50%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Free Consultation

$0 first 60 minutes

Contingency

10%-30%


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check

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Licenses

Licensed in Michigan for 24 years

State: Michigan

Acquired: 2001

Active in Good Standing

No misconduct found

Location

Andrus Law Firm PLC

12750 S Saginaw St, STE 208, Grand Blanc, MI, 48439

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Darrin James Andrus's Reviews

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4.7 /5.0

13 Client Reviews

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Showing 1 - 4 of 4 reviews | Professionalism

Posted by Scott | October 28, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Social Security Disability

Highly recommend!

We recommend Darrin to anyone seeking representation for a disability case. He was forthright with all information and potential outcome, always available for any questions and walked us thru each step of the process. When we had to contact SSDI we were told our paperwork was impeccable and “it ...was a pleasure to process your submission “. Darrin contacted us immediately when a decision had been made. We felt very assured that we were in great hands thru the whole ordeal. Our case took only 8 months to reach a favorable outcome. Thanks Darrin, we will surely recommend your services to any family member or anyone we know or meet.

Posted by Mason | April 08, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Social Security Disability

Excellent Counselor for Social Security Benefits

He is an excellent attorney for anyone that is disabled and looking to apply for social security benefits and has to go through a hearing. He helps you out with prepping before seeing the judge in the hearing. Highly recommended

Darrin Andrus

Replied last April 08, 2025

Thanks so much Mason! It was my pleasure representing you and helping you get the benefits that you deserve! Please call me if you have any questions. I am always here to help! I wish you the best!

Posted by Ron | April 08, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Lawsuits & Disputes

Honest works hard for you

Darrin was honest and kept me updated thru out my case. He had me prepared for my court date. The judge was very satisfied with how well Darrin had all my paperwork filled out properly and complete. Highly recommend Darrin.

Darrin Andrus

Replied last April 08, 2025

Thanks so much Ron! It was my pleasure representing you and helping you get the benefits that you deserve! Please call me if you have any questions. I am always here to help! I wish you the best!

Posted by Darren | April 02, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Social Security Disability

Stay away!

I got denied disability the first attempt on my own so I contacted Mr Andrus.Set up appointment and went over my issues he stated he wouldn't take the case if it wasn't for me having more than one disability and that made me feel abit better.Well my reconsideration came back unapproved as I suspected... it would.I had to reach out to him because there was no contact from him. After I checked my status on my case I reached out.To get this message. After a careful review of your case, we have determined that we can no longer represent you in your claim for disability benefits. So here's proof he tried to do a quick money grab because he immediately stopped representation. Find a council that will work for you and not try to take 25 percent of your benefits by faxing a couple pieces of paper but be paid to do thier job. Stay away from this place!

Darrin Andrus

Replied last April 03, 2025

This review was copied from GBP and more than likely was posted by AVVO to attempt to get my office to pay exhorbitant fees to use their platform. I note one of their reps just emailed me to sign up again right after this was posted. They have been calling and emailing my office non-stop for the last 3 months to sign up for their premium plan. I did this years ago for $700/month for a year and never received a single call through their so called premium placements. Or a competing attorney in the area signed this former client up and asked him to repost this on AVVO. Or he was up into the wee hours of the morning drinking his cheap beer (last post in November was 2:04 am) because no other attorney wants to take his case. This is obviously harrrassment or stalking after 5 months of filing my withdrawal in the matter. Large law firms that advertise all day long withdraw from cases all the time, as I have represented many of those people in the past quite successful if they actually listen to their attoney's advise. Here was my response 9 weeks ago to client: Darren, I'm sorry that you took offense to my decision to no longer represent you in your Social Security disability matter. But as we discussed at the beginning of representation, there were certain things that you needed to accomplish in a short matter of time. You were unable to get those things accomplished, so I had to make the decision prior to requesting a hearing, whether to proceed on your matter or decline representation at that point. Since you hadn't been able to accomplish those things, I had to simply make a business decision on whether I thought we could be successful. I have found that clients need to be able to get the medical treatment consistently prior to the hearing to have any chance of being successful in front of the ALJ. Also, I did reach out to you first, and that was to advise you I no longer wished to represent you. I received the decision (dated 11/18/2024) on 11/22/2024, and emailed you the next day on 11/23/2024. We wish you the very best going forward.

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Experience

Rating:  6.7 (Good)

Work Experience

2006 - Present

Attorney, Andrus Law Firm, PLC

2016 - 2024

Of Counsel, Chowning & Edgar PC

2001 - 2006

Attorney & Counselor, Davidson, Breen & Doud, PC

Education

2000

Thomas M. Cooley Law School

JD - Juris Doctor

Languages

English

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