I was on the fence about leaving a review for John Paul Gustad only because I am sure that at some point during his tenure as a social security attorney he probably was passionate about helping people. Unfortunately for my circumstance ,I felt like I was the only party concerned with my SS disability... care. I did not feel like this law firm provided adequate communication, ranging from failing to return calls, or followup on concerns and questions about processes. I had been awarded my disability after being denied the initial claim and refilling a second claim . At which time I had hired Gustad law firm to represent me. I was approved with the incorrect onset date for benefits so we appealed this which took over three years to get a hearing because of Covid and because JP wanted to give us the best case scenario with the hearing it took over 3 years to simply request that the onset date be corrected which came back as an unfavorable decision. A total of total of 8 years fighting the system roughly 5 with Gustad and I had spoke with this group on maybe a handful Of occasions just to inquire about the status of it. I see so many reviews on here speaking so highly of Gustad law group and I find it hard to believe this is the same attorney that had told me we had a good case. I already knew that I just thought I was hiring someone that would keep me informed and explain situations , pitfalls, or at the very least touch base every couple of months while we waited. In the end after receiving an unfavorable decision I attempted to contact Gustad by phone on multiple occasions to speak with him about appealing this and a week later I receive a letter from him dropping me as a client because he cannot see an effective strategy for representing me on appeal. But advises that even though he’s not competent to represent me that I might just be able to find another attorney more competent to represent me! I have never been more disappointed and frustrated than the time I have invested with this company! And he couldn’t even call me to answer the questions I had called him about prior to receiving his one paragraph letter quitting on me! Be prepared for salesmanship to come out in the beginning and then be prepared to do the work yourself and then prepare yourself to thank and praise him for everything he didn’t do for you in the end. I was brought up to always show an extreme amount of patience in situations but in this particular case I should have demanded more.

I highly recommend John Paul Gustad and his staff, they are very knowledgeable and he had won my SSDI case after being denied twice by myself. I was scared, nervous and thought I would forget about what we had talked about the day before the hearing but John made it so easy and helped me all the way... through even when I was crying and upset he took the time to talk to me, listen and understood what I was saying. I have worked my whole life but tragedy struck when I was hit by a semi and became disabled and thank you so much John Paul Gustad and staff for helping me and being there every step of the way and winning my case. I would recommend him to anyone in need of a SSI/SSDI attorney.

Mr. Gustad was able to secure my SSDI approval prior to my 55th birthday. Which, as it turns out, is quite a feat. All the employees of the Gustad Law Group were very competent, professional, and polite throughout my entire application and appeal process. I cannot thank them enough and would stro...ngly recommend them to anyone who is interested in applying for SSDI.