Navigation This year, I am the Chair for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Event. The Making Strides for Breast Cancer Board is comprised of people from all over South Alabama. Each of us have different jobs, different interests and different lifestyles. But what we do have in common is the drive to help in any […]
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IN AND OUT OF THE OFFICE: THE DIFFERENCE YOU CAN MAKE
This year I took some time off from the board of Making Strides and the American Cancer Society, but boy, do I miss it! I was the Chair for the past 2 years for the Making Strides walk here in Mobile, AL. The Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk of South Alabama is a walk […]
Economic Impact Payment Update
The IRS has announced that the deadline to use the non-filers tool to obtain the Economic Impact Payments is October 15, 2020. Economic Impact Payment is the official name for the stimulus payments that were made available under the CARES Act to help compact the economic impact of COVID-19. The IRS has stated that most […]
AVOIDING PITFALLS BEFORE A HEARING
These are a few simple things people need to know before they get a Social Security hearing. I have worked in Social Security law for almost 20 years – there is a lot of information that is needed before having a hearing date. These are the top 3 things to consider before a hearing: 1. […]
Study Shows Denied Claimants Rarely Return to Work
A study by Jody Schimmel Hyde, April Yanyuan Wu, and Lakhpreet Gill of the Mathematica Think Tank revealed that few Social Security disability applicants aged 51 and over return to substantial gainful activity after being denied benefits. The study found that the employment rate for applicants 51 or older who were denied by the Social […]