by admin | Jan 17, 2000 | Articles
Dealing with the Recalcitrant Client By Matt Greenbaum INTRODUCTION We are dedicated to representing the salt of the earth — but sometimes it feels that a few of our clients are rubbing salt into the wounds. While the vast, overwhelming majority of our clients...
by admin | Nov 5, 1999 | Articles
The Winning Edge: Providing Effective Representation in Social Security Disability Cases By Matt Greenbaum Hardly a day goes by that I am not at OHA. Sometimes I don’t believe what I am seeing. The conservative Social Security Administration has undertaken a...
by admin | Oct 7, 1999 | Articles
The Use of a Medical Expert in a Social Security Disability Case Some Thoughts on Cross-Examination and the Weight(lessness) of the Evidence. By Matt Greenbaum I. Brief Overview – Types of Medical Evidence – A Treating Physician’s Reports Treatment more...
by admin | May 25, 1999 | Articles
A Trial Attorney’s Perspective on the New Social Security Rulings By Matt Greenbaum INTRODUCTION From my perspective, as a trial attorney for over 20 years, the new Social Security rulings are a shrewd effort to cut the rate of favorable decisions by 20%. The authors...
by admin | Feb 15, 1999 | Articles
The Preamble During the late 1980’s, the New Orleans Office of Hearings and Appeals had 12 Administrative Law Judges, each of whom had a caseload of 200-250 claimants. Through illness, death, and resignation the number of ALJ’s has shrunk to 7, and because of the huge...
by admin | Dec 3, 1998 | Articles
Social Security at a Glance OASDI Benefits and beneficiaries – December 1998 Number of beneficiaries 44.2 million Retired workers, spouses, and children 30.8 million Retired workers 27.5 million Survivors of deceased workers 7.1 million Disabled workers,...
