https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/2020/#2-2020-1 This means that if part of your disability case is related to your language ability, it directly will affect your case. Prior to now, it was literacy in English, but not the ability to learn and process instruction in any language will impact the determination of disability.
Category: Social Security
Why do I practice public interest law?
From Yale Law: “A public interest law firm is a private, for-profit association of lawyers, like any other private law firm. Public interest law firms are distinguished from other private firms in that their primary mission is to assist underrepresented people or causes, rather than to make money.” So, full disclosure, most of what … Continue reading Why do I practice public interest law?
Some of the new Social Security Disability Rules and upcoming changes on how Hearings are set; for representatives
As of 8/1/18, there are added duties and regulations for anyone representing claimant’s in front of the Social Security Administration (I call these the “Eric Conn” rules). 1. Provide competent representation; 2. Act with reasonable diligence and promptness; 3. Diligent and timely communication with clients (track when you talk to them so that if you … Continue reading Some of the new Social Security Disability Rules and upcoming changes on how Hearings are set; for representatives
Proposed changes to Social Security Disability Hearings
For those of us that practice Social Security disability law some of this is already finalized and some is a possibility: 1. SSA is going to online scheduling where we submit the days we are available, months out, and they will set hearings; 2. That once you have a hearing date, you may not be … Continue reading Proposed changes to Social Security Disability Hearings
The 6th Circuit Judges gave us something to be Thankful for.
Update on Eric Conn cases: On November 21, 2018, a panel of Federal Appeals Court Judges for the Sixth Circuit ruled that the process that the Social Security Administration used to cut off benefits from former clients of Eric Conn is unconstitutional and flawed. Per Ned Pillersdorf, the man who has become the face of … Continue reading The 6th Circuit Judges gave us something to be Thankful for.
Know who you are hiring! (no attorney can really win all cases)
The people in Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia probably thought that they were doing the right thing by retaining an attorney that had a proven track record of winning every Social Security case he touched. Unfortunately for them, as the allegations over years are now surfacing, Attorney Eric Conn man was not winning without a little help from a judge. Then Judge … Continue reading Know who you are hiring! (no attorney can really win all cases)
Social Security Disability
First, we do Social Security Disability cases throughout Kentucky and Indiana and in some cases, beyond those areas. There are two kinds of Social Security Disability, SSDI and SSI. SSDI is Social Security Disability Income and that is based on the money paid into the system. If someone didn’t pay enough into the system, they … Continue reading Social Security Disability