Lawrence D. Rohlfing

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 Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Lawrence D. Rohlfing included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Who's Who in California Who's Who Among Rising Young Americans Other Sources of Feedback About Lawrence D. Rohlfing Included on the 2026Southern California Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2024 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2023 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2017 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2016 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2015 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2014 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2013 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2012 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2011 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2010 Southern California Super Lawyers list

• Owner/Proprietor

• William & Rohlfing, Partner, 1985 - 1987
• Rohlfing & Donnelly, Partner, 1987 - 1989
• 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
• Languages
• English

• 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

• Desrosiers v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
• Citation: 846 F.2d 573
• Court: C.A.9 (Cal.)
• Year: 1988
• Serial Number: 1988064540
• Sprow v. Bowen
• Citation: 865 F.2d 207
• Year: 1989
• Serial Number: 1989007650
• Cooper v. Sullivan
• Citation: 880 F.2d 1152
• Serial Number: 1989114337
• Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Nord
• Citation: 538 U.S. 822, 123 S.Ct. 1965, 155 L.Ed.2d
• Court: Supreme Court
• Year: 2003
• Delta Family-Care Disability Survivorship Plan v. Regula
• Citation: 539 U.S. 901
• Crawford v. Astrue
• Citation: 586 F.3d 1142
• Court: C.A. 9 (Cal.)
• Year: 2009
• Citation: 545 F.3d 854
• Year: 2008
• Boyd v. Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Players Retirement Plan
• Citation: 410 F.3d 1173
• Year: 2005
• Regula v. Delta Family-Care Disability Survivorship Plan
• Citation: 354 F.3d 1133
• Year: 2004
• Nord v. Black & Decker Disability Plan
• Citation: 308 F.3d 1068
• Alford v. DCH Foundation Group Long-Term Life Ins. Co.
• Citation: 311 F.3d 955
• Year: 2002
• Citation: 269 F.3d 823
• Bruton v. Massanari
• Citation: 268 F.3d 824
• Year: 2001
• Hart v. Massanari
• Citation: 266 F.3d 1155
• Citation: 266 F.3d 1130
• Moore v. Apfel
• Citation: 216 F.3d 864
• Year: 2000
• Stewart v. Thorpe Holding Co. Profit Sharing Plan
• Citation: 207 F.3d 1143
• Silveira v. Apfel
• Citation: 204 F.3d 1257
• Court: 9th Cir.
• Meanel v. Apfel
• Citation: 172 F.3d 1111
• Year: 1999
• Chavez v. Department of Health and Human Services
• Citation: 103 F.3d 849
• Year: 1996
• Hearn v. Western Conf. of Teamsters Pens. Trust Fund
• Citation: 68 F.3d 301
• Year: 1995
• Flores v. Shalala
• Citation: 49 F.3d 562
• Ruffalo v. Patterson
• Citation: 234 Cal.App.3d 341, 285 Cal.Rptr. 647
• Year: 1991
• Behn v. Barnhart
• Citation: 463 F.Supp.2d 1043
• Court: C.D. Cal.
• Year: 2006
• Grunseich v. Barnhart
• Citation: 439 F.Supp.2d 1032
• Stack v. Barnhart
• Citation: 327 F.Supp.2d 1175
• Horizon Outdoor v. City Of Industry
• Citation: 228 F. Supp.2d 1113
• Nickel v. Barnhart
• Citation: 205 F.Supp.2d 1131

• Elder, La Habra Christian Church, 2001 - 2006, 2008 - Present
• Manager, La Mirada Little League, 1994 - 1996
• Manager, La Habra Little League, 1997, 2001, 2004 - 2005
• Coach, La Habra Little League, 2003
• Manager, Whittier Pony Baseball, 1998
• Headcoach, La Habra Girls Softball, 1999 - 2000
• Coach, La Mirada Jr. All American Football, 1998
• Team Representative, La Habra Pop Warner, 1999
• Coach, La Habra Pop Warner, 2000 - 2001, 2005 - 2006
• Head Coach, La Habra Pop Warner, 2007 - 2008
• Vice Chair, La Habra Christian Church, 2002
• Chair, La Habra Christian Church, 2003 - 2006

• 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

• Ninth Circuit Judicial Council, 2009 - Present (Appellate Lawyer Representative alternate)
• National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (NOSSCR) (Current Member)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Social Security Section, 1997 - 1998 (Past Chair)
• 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)