Lawrence D. Rohlfing has practiced disability law since 1985. He represents the disabled and seeks to enforce their rights before the Social Security Administration, the United States District Courts, the United States Courts of Appeal, and the United States Supreme Court. Having been involved in thousands of disability claims and training of other lawyers, he brings considerable experience and expertise to the representation of disability claims under Social Security and ERISA.
Mr. Rohlfing has argued disability and other benefit entitlement claims in over a hundred claims before the Ninth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals and lapsed to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He presented briefs in three cases to the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Rohlfing argued Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Nord to the United States Supreme Court in April 2003.
Mr. Rohlfing is a sustaining member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (NOSSCR). He has served as a Ninth Circuit Representative to the NOSSCR Board of Directors and Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President, and President of NOSSCR as well as a past president delegate to the Board of Directors. Mr. Rohlfing is the past chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Social Security Section. Mr. Rohlfing has presented numerous papers to meetings of NOSSCR, the Los Angeles County Bar Association Social Security Section, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the Southeast Bar Association of Los Angeles County, and the National Business Institute.
Mr. Rohlfing graduated from Whittier College in 1982. He graduated from Whittier Law School in 1985 cum laude. He was named as the Whittier Law School attorney of the year in 2016 and the Southeast Bar Association attorney of the year in 2017.
He is the proud father of seven children with his wife Maggie. Larry and Maggie currently have 12 grandchildren with plans to conquer the world. He was involved in the community managing baseball and softball teams, coaching football, and currently serving as the elder of La Habra Christian Church.
Community Involvement:
La Mirada Little League - manager 1994, 1995, Winter 1995, 1996
La Habra Little League - manager 1997, Winter 1997, 2001, 2004, 2005, coach 2003
Whittier Pony Baseball - manager 1998
La Habra Girls Softball - head coach 1999, 2000
La Mirada Jr. All American Football - coach 1998
La Habra Pop Warner - team representative 1999, coach 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, head coach 2007, 2008
La Habra Christian Church - elder 2001-2006, 2008-current, vice chair 2002, chair 2003 -2006
Areas Of Practice
- Social Security 95%
- Benefit Litigation 5%
Bar Admissions
- California, 1985
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1986
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1985
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court District of Arizona
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1986
- U.S. Federal Courts, 1985
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- Whittier College School of Law, Los Angeles, California
- J.D. - 1985
- Honors: cum laude
- Whittier College, Whittier, CA
- B.A. - 1982
- Honors: Dean's List, 1980
- Major: Political Science
References
- The Honorable Charles J. Williams
- The Honorable Janet Coulter
- Law Offices of Rosemary Abarca
- Law Offices of Devermont and Devermont
- Law Offices of Richard N. Deyo
- Law Offices of Fred Fleming
- Law Offices of John Heuer, ALJ retired
- Law Offices of Joel Leidner
- Law Offices of Judith Leland
- Law Offices of Edmund Parent
- Law Offices of Susan Wasserman
- Jacobsma & Brau
- Dixon & Daley
- Health Advocates
- Disability Group
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, LRIS
- Southeast District Bar Association, LRS
Classes/Seminars
- Presenter, National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives
- Presenter, AAJ Social Security Section
- Presenter, United States Magistrate Conference for the Ninth Circuit
- Presenter, Beverly Hills Bar Association
- Presenter, Southeast Bar Association of Los Angeles County
- Presenter, National Business Institute
- Presenter, Los Angeles County Bar Association Social Security Section
Honors and Awards
- Who's Who in California
- Who's Who Among Rising Young Americans
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Ninth Circuit Judicial Council, Appellate Lawyer Representative alternate, 2009
- National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (NOSSCR), Current Member
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Social Security Section, Past Chair, 1997 to 1998
- American Association for Justice, Social Security Section
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- California Trial Lawyers Association
- Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association
- American Bar Association
- National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (NOSSCR), Past President
- NOSSCR, Board of Directors, Ninth Circuit Representative
- NOSSCR, Executive Board, Treasurer
Past Employment Positions
- William & Rohlfing, Partner, 1985 to 1987
- Rohlfing & Donnelly, Partner, 1987 to 1989
Pro Bono Activities
- Elder, La Habra Christian Church, 2001 - 2006, 2008 - Present
- Manager, La Mirada Little League, 1994 to 1996
- Manager, La Habra Little League, 1997, 2001, 2004 - 2005
- Coach, La Habra Little League, 2003 to 2003
- Manager, Whittier Pony Baseball, 1998 to 1998
- Headcoach, La Habra Girls Softball, 1999 to 2000
- Coach, La Mirada Jr. All American Football, 1998 to 1998
- Team Representative, La Habra Pop Warner, 1999 to 1999
- Coach, La Habra Pop Warner, 2000 - 2001, 2005 - 2006
- Head Coach, La Habra Pop Warner, 2007 to 2008
- Vice Chair, La Habra Christian Church, 2002 to 2002
- Chair, La Habra Christian Church, 2003 to 2006
Languages
- English
