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    • COLA: 3.2%Attorney User Fee: $117SSI Amounts: $943 for individuals and $1,415 for a couple/monthFICA wage base: $168,600Quarter of coverage amount: $1,730Substantial gainful activity amount (non-blind): $1,550/monthTrial work period threshold: $1,110/month

      5 days ago
    • As is often the case, the Social Security Administration is lagging behind the medical community. This time the so-called “long hauler” COVID patients are getting short shrift. SSA doesn’t recognize that COVID symptoms can last for a long time after the test results are negative and, perhaps permanently. Attorney Crawforth has represented several of these…

      a month+ ago

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    • Summer 2021 Newsletter STILL STANDING…AND PRACTICING I published the first issue of Social Security & You in Spring of 1993.  Some years I’ve published more issues than others.  The most recent issue was dated Spring 2019: over 2 years ago.  The world was a much different place then.  Especially for me.  Read the full newsletter…

      2+ years ago
    • Spring 2019 Newsletter An Opioid Story I’ve changed his name. Let’s call him Gerald. He was a laborer. And by that I don’t mean that he just did physical work. He was a card-carrying member the Labor’s Union local. And that meant a lot to him. I represented him for Social Security disability and Michigan…

      4+ years ago

    SECRET JUDGE PROGRAM TO END?

    I announced on my website (www.misocialsecuritylawyer.com) several weeks ago that a reliable source had told me that the “secret judge” policy, instituted by the Social Security Administration in December 2011 would end shortly: perhaps as soon as a few weeks.

    The program was created after perceived abuses by a couple of national law firms, which appeared to be dropping cases assigned to conservative judges.

    Under attack from advocacy groups, including the National Organization of Social Security Claimant’s Representatives (NOSSCR), SSA may be throwing in the towel.  Law suites filed in the United States District Court under the Freedom of Information Act have proven successful.  Earlier this year SSA started supplying the identity of the ALJ in response to these actions.

    Well the secret judge program hasn’t ended yet.

    The fate of the program will, no doubt, lie with the new Social Security Commissioner, once one is appointed.  The term of the former Commissioner, Kenneth Astrue ended in January.

    Call today if you have questions about the Michigan Social Security Disability Attorney and Lawyer Services provided by William Crawforth.

    To schedule an appointment call 800-864-1244 or fill out the contact form at the top of this page.

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