About Us

Bruce J. Hagel is a partner at Olson, Hagel & Fishburn, LLP, and has more than twenty years of experience handling Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) claims. Mr. Hagel’s practice is limited exclusively to SSDI and SSI claims and he represents claimants from initial application through federal court.

Mr. Hagel was co-counsel in a Ninth Circuit-wide class action challenging the severity step of the sequential evaluation. He is a founding member of the Sacramento Association of Social Security Claimant’s representatives (SOSSCR), a sustaining member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimant’s Representatives (NOSSCR), and is currently serving his eighth year on the Board of Directors. He is the former President of the Mental Health Association of Sacramento and El Dorado Counties.

Mr. Hagel received his B.A. from California State University at San Francisco and his law degree from the University of California at Davis. A former Vista volunteer, staff attorney at the Sacramento Legal Center for the Elderly and Disabled, and Legal Services Developer for the California Department of Aging, he joined Olson, Hagel & Fishburn, LLP, LLP, as a partner in 1983.

Elizabeth L. Gade is a partner at Olson, Hagel & Fishburn, LLP. She works in the Social Security Unit and handles SSDI and SSI claims. She represents SSDI/SSI claimants at all levels of review within the Social Security Administration.

Ms. Gade earned both her undergraduate and law degrees at the University of California at Davis. She is a former mental health worker in community-based programs for seriously mentally ill adults and is Past President of the Board of Directors of Yolo Community Care Continuum, an agency serving this population. She continues to have a special interest and expertise in SSDI/SSI claims based on mental impairments. Ms. Gade is a member of the Sacramento Association of Social Security Claimant’s representatives (SOSSCR) and a sustaining member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimant’s Representatives (NOSSCR).

Ms. Gade joined Olson, Hagel & Fishburn, LLP, in 1994 and became a partner in 2000.