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President’s Ill Advised Executive Order Eliminates Requirements to Be a Federal Social Security Judge

Judges should be selected from the best, brightest and experienced lawyers. Having someone sitting in judgment in a Federal court who has never actually tried the kinds of cases he or she is deciding is a recipe for disaster. However, President Trump’s executive order upends the system put in place to ensure that Federal Administrative…

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Handicap License Plates do NOT Automatically Mean that you are Disabled for Social Security Benefits

Does the fact that your doctor has signed a form or the Division of Motor Vehicles has issued handicap license plates or decal automatically mean that you are disabled for purposes of Social Security ? Not necessarily, says Herndon disability lawyer Doug Landau. Just because one governmental agency has determined that you are unable to…

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