Chances are very slim of finding an attorney that will help you while you are still employed. You have to be disabled for 5 months before getting a check. SSDI attorneys get paid 25% of your lump sum. So if you are only out of work for 6 months when you get thru your lump will only be 1 month. No attorney will work for 25% of 1 months payment. So you having to pay her out of your pocket makes no sense.
http://www.ssdrc.com/disabilityquestions2-23.html
They do not get paid until you do, then they get paid automatically from SS out of your lump.....in another words you got ripped off......