Lucinda Dunlap represents clients dealing with Social Security Disability Insurance, Supplimental Security Insurance SSI and Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) cases.
Lucinda Dunlap is co-owner of Sampson Dunlap, a law firm located in Seattle, Washington. She has been representing clients since 2005. Lucinda has extensive experience in the courts, appearing before judges in over 6,000 cases.
Lucinda Dunlap obtained her law degree from Seattle University School of Law, where she was a founding member of the National Native American Law Students Association (NNALSA), a member of the Women's Law Caucus and the Access to Justice Institute, and a semifinalist in her second year Moot Court Competition. She also holds two Bachelor of Science degrees from University of Washington in Zoology and Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation. Lucinda worked for the King County Bar Association's Family Law Mentor Program, Self Help Plus Program, and Housing Justice Project. Over the course of her career, she has received several awards for her pro-bono legal service from the King County Bar Association. Before joining Chihak & Gustad, LLC, Lucinda served as the Disabled Homeless Advocacy Project (DHAP) Program Director at Seattle Community Law Center (SCLC), where she represented low income disabled and homeless clients before the Social Security Administration. During her time with SCLC, Lucinda developed the DHAP program extensively. Through outreach and close relationships with shelters, DSHS, and service providers, she was able to expand a program that served less than a dozen clients a year to one that now serves in excess of 200 yearly.
Lucinda is admitted to practice law in Washington State.
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Acquired: 2005
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600 Stewart Street, Suite 400, Seattle, WA, 98101
44 Client Reviews
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Posted by Ron | September 06, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Social Security Disability
Very careful
Very good listener, was on the lookout for anything that might help my case. In doing so she discovered something I had regarded as incidental, but could be brought under certain statutory provisions that were much easier to prove than the things I had thought. Would highly recommend for a disability...
Posted by Letisha | August 08, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Social Security Disability
Best lawyer EVEEERRRR!!!!!
Listen Lucinda Dunlap is the truth ok best lawyer I have ever worked with. She worked with me for my disability case that I had been going back and forth with SSA for about 4 years or so trying to get approved. She was very professional, honest, and a breeze to work with. If you need a great lawyer...
Posted by Roderick | May 04, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Social Security Disability
Hearing
Lucinda was great. She took care of my hearing case and without me being present because of my medical condition. She assured me that everything would be just fine without me worrying about it. I feel better knowing that my case is in the hands of a capable and knowledgeable professional.
Posted by Tanya | November 30, 2022 | Hired Attorney | Social Security Disability
Social security appeal
I found Lucinda because I was on my third appeal for social security disability. Up here in Alaska we didn’t have an attorney that was working on application appeals and I looked up on line and she was happy to work with me. Lucinda is friendly, professional and knowledgeable about this topic. Lucind...
Posted by Reynaldo | October 05, 2022 | Hired Attorney | Social Security Disability
Experience, and empathy is a powerful combination.
Lucinda Dunlap is someone I have so much respect for. She is extremely intelligent with a sharp wit. She is also incredibly loyal and will stick with you through the thick of it. I have had her handling my disability case for the last 3+ years and we just finished a hearing that seems to have gone ve...
Social Security & Disability lawyer | Oct 29
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
"I endorse this lawyer. I regularly refer clients to Lucinda Dunlap. She is skilled, experienced, kind and knows Social Security."
"Lucinda came to work for me when I was serving as the executive director of the Seattle Community Law Center. Her role as director of the Disabled Homeless Advocacy Project was to develop the project's capacity to reach out to and provide representation to disabled individuals in the homeless community. She approached this challenge with incredible energy, enthusiasm and compassion, and quickly grew SCLC's client base and increased the project's visibility in the community. She is an extremely effective advocate, and has a gift for connecting with some of the most marginalized individuals in the community. Lucinda and I currently serve together on SCLC's board of directors, where she continues to devote time and energy to serving the needs of those living in poverty. I would recommend her services without reservation."
"I have had the privilege of knowing Ms. Dunlap since she supervised me as a law student. She has always demonstrated grace and kindness balanced with fierce and tireless advocacy for her clients. Lucinda is committed to helping others, and is smart and well-respected in her community. I endorse her wholeheartedly."
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Volunteer Lawyer of the Month, King County Bar Association
2009 - Present
Attorney, Chihak & Associates, LLC
2007 - 2009
Attorney, Director of the Disabled Homeless Advocacy Project, Seattle Community Law Center
2006 - 2006
Attorney, Integrative Family Law
2009 - Present
Seattle Community Law CenterTrustee - Board Member, Member of the Fundraising Committee
2007 - 2009
Seattle Waldorf SchoolTrustee - Board Member
2005
Juris Doctor
2011
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2009
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