Blogs
Free seminar on understanding employment issues for people with psychiatric and/or developmental disabilities
The People with Disabilities Foundation will be sponsoring a free seminar on understanding employment issues for people with psychiatric/and or developmental disabilities. The panel lecture
Can I get Social Security Disability if I have carpal tunnel syndrome?
As I was driving back from Novato after seeing my doctor I was wondering if I would qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance. Today my
What holds up the processing of your disability case?
I was recently reading some other blogs and came across a website and blog by Tim Moore, a former disability adjudicator who used to work
Six tips to prepare for your Social Security disability hearing
I would like to give you some of the tips I use in preparing my clients for their Social Security hearings in front of Administrative
Update on immigration issues for Social Security practitioners
Last weekend I gave a presentation along with my colleague, David Wright, at a conference of Social Security practitioners. The conference was geared towards experienced
California’s 2009 budget reduces SSI cost of living adjustment
On February 20, Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law a much-debated budget plan. You may find the budget documents on the website of the California Department

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,
5 Things You Need to know About the EB-5 Investor Visa in 2016
5 important things to know about the EB-5 Immigrant investor program

