New York Social Security Disability Lawyer Blog

Last Thursday, November 19th, I held a Seminar in Northern New Jersey, entitled "Social Security Disability: How to Fight for your Rights and Win." The program was open to the public and it was very gratifying to see that despite incredibly bad weather, people from around the county came out to hear me speak about Social Security Disability benefits. Despite all the articles in the news lately about Social Security delays and about the significant upswing in the number of claims being filed in recent months, people are obviously so eager for clear information about the Social Security Disability process that they are willing to attend these kinds of presentations regardless of the distances necessary to travel.

Thank you to all those who attended.

Gabe Hermann

Due to popular demand, this Thursday, November 19, I will be holding another seminar on Social Security Disability, entitled, "Social Security Disability: How to Fight for your Rights and WIN!" The seminar will be held at the Bogota Recreation Center in Bogota, NJ, at 6:30pm.

The seminar is free and open to the public. For more information please call my office at (201) 862-9700, or click here.

I hope to see you there!

Gabe Hermann

I went to a meeting of the New York Social Security Bar Association last night. Besides catching up with my professional colleagues about new judges and changes at the various local hearing offices, I also learned some interesting news. Apparently, while there are still significant backlogs in processing Social Security Disability claims at the initial level, hearings are now being heard in the Brooklyn and New York City Hearing Offices so quickly that some claimants have not even been disabled for a full 12 months before their hearings.

Ironically, such rapid processing of claims is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, it's terrific that those two hearing offices are processing the claims as fast as they are; on the other hand, it is a problem for someone who has not yet been out of work due to his or her disability for a full 12 months and therefore has not yet satisfied the durational requirement to be eligible for Social Security Disability.

Gabe Hermann