Sounds to me like this is another one of those "SSDI Got You" deals. They probably recommended the work trial didn't they? Your husband being a law abiding citizen went along with it. Now the fact that he is working, they plan to use that to keep his money. The judge probably told SSA to go ahead and pay the attorney to keep him off their back and hold your husbands money because of the work trial. I may be wrong, but I think that if I had been approved, I wouldn't have went back to work until I had my back pay at least. But then again, I don't know anything about their work trials.