Social Security Board of Trustees: Long-Range Projection Unchanged for Trust Fund Reserve Depletion
Social Security Board of Trustees: Long-Range Projection Unchanged for Trust Fund Reserve Depletion The Social Security Board of Trustees today released its annual report on the long-term financial st...
President Obama’s Supreme Court Nomination, Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland
THE NOMINEE’S CREDENTIALS The Honorable Merrick B. Garland As one of the best appellate judges in the country, Chief Judge Merrick Garland is the most qualified person to immediately serve on th...
SSA Doing As Little As Possible Regarding Same Sex Marriages
SSA Doing As Little As Possible Regarding Same Sex Marriages It appears that the Department of Justice is still telling the Social Security Administration to do as little as possible on same sex marri...
There's Still Recovery Act Money To Spend
Did you know? The Social Security Administration still has money to spend from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the economic stimulus plan that was adopted early in the Obama Admi...
Supreme Court Justice Thanks Disability Lawyers at Avard Law
Carol Avard Mark Zakhvatayev Dear Counselors, I have practiced law fifty-seven years, thirty-seven as an appellate judge, and fourteen on the Iowa Supreme Court. The legal brief that you sent to me, r...
EAJA Fees in Social Security Disability Cases and Hourly Rates in Death Penalty Cases
Equal Access to Justice (“EAJA”) fees can be obtained in cases against many different federal agencies. The most common types of cases where EAJA fees are sought involve Social Security Administra...
Write to your Senator! Encourage them to oppose the legislation that will cut Social Security and Social Security Disability Insurance.
Write to your Senator! Encourage them to oppose the legislation that will cut Social Security and Social Security Disability Insurance as part of the surface transportation reauthorization bill! Click...
HISTORIC RULING: Supreme Court declares same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states
OCTOBER TERM, 2014 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no par...