Blogs
How to change your name in California, Part One
My immigration clients often end up with documents that have different names on them. They will have a passport with one name and a driver’s
Social Security field offices closed but you may still apply for disability
I drove by the Vallejo field office the other day and saw this sign that the field office is closed. It is closed just like
Giving talk in Benicia on Immigration law
On November 20, 2019 at 7:00 p.m., I will be giving a talk on Immigration Law along with Brett Snider, attorney and director of legal
When our own government tortures
More often that not, I feel like I live in a dystopian novel. Unfortunately the events of today are real. Over the past year I
End of Year Giving Safety
The year of 2015 is drawing to a close. Immigrants and citizens alike receive spam email as well as legitimate email from organizations requesting donations.
Asylum denied to North Korean due to firm resettlement in South Korea
May a citizen of North Korea be granted political asylum despite being firmly resettled in South Korea? The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals recently said,
It only takes a gene
Last week I had a Social Security disability hearing at the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (“ODAR”) in San Rafael, California. My client suffers
Would Social Security ALJs process cases faster if disabilty hearings were adversarial?
When I first started practicing Social Security Disability law, it seemed strange to me that the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) was not represented by an
Social Security’s response to California’s cut in the State Supplementary Payment
If you are on SSI and live in California, you already know that the amount of your monthly check has been reduced. This reduction was
Opportunities and Challenges for the Social Security Administration
Social Security’s Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently released a report entitled, “Opportunities and Challenges for SSA.” OIG’s terminology for the title of the report
Free CLE seminar on Second Life®, “Web 2.0 Tools for Lawyers”
As I have mentioned before on my blog, I am a big fan of the virtual world of Second Life and am active in the
California state furloughs of DDS employees result in Social Security Disability adjudication delays
It makes sense. If you prohibit employees from working two days a month, productively will be lowered and claims will not be adjudicated. Now it
