My Mis-Adventures with Portland Oregon
Social Security Disability Lawyer
David B. Lowry

November 29, 2005

  Before I hired Daniel Alan Bernath as my disability lawyer, I had another lawyer David Lowry who lost the case.

  Honestly, my first hint of a problem with my claim was at the hearing (after waiting for years).  The judge was hostile toward both me and David Lowry and myself and there were absolutely no efforts by my attorney to challenge anything in the hearing whatsoever.  I honestly felt from his appearance (wearing tennis shoes with his suit, shoelaces untied and wrinkled suit) that maybe he was trying some kind of courtroom stunt as he sure hadn't looked like that in his office.

  (I had one meeting with him personally before the hearing).  After the hearing he literally said goodbye and left me standing there with my family with no further comment.

  My second clue of disaster was the decision itself. It took over 4 months to receive the decision. The decision could not have been further from the truth as far as reflecting an accurate understanding of my life and condition.  My feeling was that if the court's perception of my situation was so off-base, why would my attorney David Lowry not have suggested [[prior to court]] that there might be a problem.  At no time had my attorney suggested a problem with anything in my case whatsoever.

After the hearing I wrote David Lowry a letter and expressed my concerns.  As of this date, 3 months later, he still avoids discussion of problems with the previous claim, my letter, or how to prepare better for a future claim.  (So, I fired him.)

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David Lowry Attorney
ph my god, this is my SSI lawyer, no wonder I haven't gotten anywhere in the 6 years he has represented me and I have had a "unsucessful" back surgery and a car accident since I first became disabled and the man has not gotten me a dime of SSI or SSD, the State of Oregons welfare department has been supporting me. Oh my God!!! now what?
—screwed?

Oregon State Bar
 responds to complaint about
Social Security attorney David B. Lowry:

We do not make inquiries into the quality of a lawyer's services.

A lawyer whose conduct falls below the standard of care in the community may be liable to the client for legal malpractice.  If Ms. F feels that she has a legal malpractice claim against David B. Lowry, she may want to contact another attorney to explore what remedies are available.  Ms. F or her new attorney may also want to contact the Professional Liability Fund.

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