Waiting may seem like a simple and annoying, aspect of our lives, but for 1.1 million disability claimants in the U.S., it’s an excruciating, life-numbing process and often a matter of life or death. On November 21, 2017, the front page of The Washington Post featured a striking piece on the current state of the…
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Does a wife’s receipt of Social Security Disability make her husband’s Disability benefit case harder? How about her son or daughter’s claims? The short answer is “one family member’s receipt of Social Security Disability Income (“SSDI”) based upon their own medical and earnings record, should have no impact on another’s application for benefits. And, if…
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Teaching Constitutional law again this year at Rachel Carson Middle School reinforces my belief in the critical importance of civic participation. If you don’t vote, you cannot complain. If you are not an active citizen in our democratic process, then others will decide the direction of our communities, our states and our countries. Free…
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In an effort to get the “Age Load” of pending DC cases under 2 years, several of the Social Security Administrative Law Judges (“ALJs”) met with members of the Abrams Landau disability trial team as well as other members of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Social Security section. The invitation for a “Bench Bar Dialog with…
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“Talk is cheap,” and “actions speak louder than words.” That is why at ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., we instituted our “Open Book policy” as well as our request to clients, potential clients, their families and witnesses, to “come see us in action. “ To our knowledge, we are the ONLY law firm in United States, Canada…
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