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When does it make sense to hire an attorney to represent you in an administrative hearing?

navigating the government’s administrative agencies can be nearly impossible at times. While some administrative agencies such as the Veteran’s Affair’s Office have straightforward forms and timely responses, others, like the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), require inside connections in order to effectively pass anything through. For those more difficult agencies, an attorney should at least be consulted if not retained. An attorney will draft your appeal in a light that is most favorable to your side and present prior precedent to make compelling arguments. The administrative agency appeals hearings are typically before three to five agents of that agency. These agents will pose questions about the appeal filing.

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What are administrative agencies?

There are thousands of federal, state, and local administrative agencies running various operations throughout the government. The list of federal agencies includes the Federal Trade Commission, Social Security Administration, Federal Communication Commission, and the Environmental Protection Agency. These federal agencies have the power to create their own laws that are specific to their department. It has become the trend that states will form identical administrative agencies to the federal government and ensure that federal administrative policies are followed. For instance, each state has their own EPA, with that state’s set standards for clean air and water.

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