Update on Social Security Claim

I now have a lawyer to help me with my Social Security Claim for Disability. I met with him last Friday. He seems like a very nice guy. He is on the approved list for Social Security Claims. The SS(Social Security) has to approve the lawyer, & the fee he will charge. So he will get all the information from the DSHS office, medical records & such. Then he will put together my claim, & be with me at the hearing I have to go to for my SS benefits. His main office is in Yakima, WA. He & his partner opened up another office here in the city I live in. He is going to try to get the hearing here, so I don't have to travel to another city for it. I'm hoping it won't be too much longer.