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My
practice is concentrated in disability
claims, (Social Security, Railroad
Retirement, New York State and Local
Employees Retirement, private long-term
disability). |
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I
am a former Social Security Claims
Representative (nonmedical claim adjudication),
and a former Social Security State
Agency Disability Analyst (medical
claim adjudication). One job is federal,
the other state. By chance, I am one
of a very few people in the country
who has done both jobs. |
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I
have over twenty years of experience
in Social Security disability claims.
Between government service and private
practice, I have been principally involved
in the adjudication of approximately
four thousand disability claims. |
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I
am admitted to practice in the U.S.
Court of appeals for the Second Circuit,
and the U.S. District Court, Western
District of New York. The infrequency
with which I must appear in court is
a measure of my success at the administrative
claims level. |
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I
am a Sustaining Member of the National
Organization of Social Security Claimants'
Representatives, and a member of the
Social Security Law Committee of the
American Trial Lawyers' Association. |
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I
have given numerous lectures to attorneys,
and have given other lectures and appeared
on public information radio, speaking
on the subject of Social Security and
disability claims. |
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I
give very frequent informal advice
to numerous attorneys on the subject
of Social Security and disability claims,
as those topics impact upon a wide
range of matters such as personal injury
and child support. I appear "of
counsel" to assist less experienced
attorneys in hearings. I also give
pro bono advice to advocacy groups
for the disabled, such as the National
Multiple Sclerosis Society. |
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I
am past committee chair of the Erie
County Bar Association Committee for
the Disabled. In that capacity I have
donated my time to arrange continuing
legal education seminars on the the
subject of disability law. |
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