Avard Law Blog
Does Having an Attorney Improve Your Odds of Winning Your Social Security Disability Case?
The GAO (US Government Accountability Office) conducted a study to determine the rate at which administrative law judges allowed disability [...]
Other provisions from the COVID-19 relief bill that affect federal benefits and programs
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act increased federal nutrition and Medicaid funding. The CARES Act includes a six-month penalty-free deferral [...]
Protecting Against Creditor Seizure of Stimulus Checks
You should be receiving (or already have) a $1200 stimulus check or more depending on family size, from the US [...]
Will those who receive disability benefits get a Coronavirus stimulus check?
People whose 2019 adjusted gross income (or 2018 AGI if they haven’t filed a 2019 return) is no more than [...]
Inspector General Warns Public About New Social Security Benefit Suspension Scam
The Inspector General of Social Security, Gail S. Ennis, is warning the public about fraudulent letters threatening suspension of Social [...]
SSA offices closing, hearings moving to telephone & video during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Social Security has created a page on their website to provide up to date information on office closures and effected [...]
St. Matthews House
Attorney Deborah Wainey presenting a donation to the St. Matthew's House (featured: Tommy, Thrift Store Manager). This donation is to [...]
National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month September 2019
The employees of our law firm donated $350 to The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention … during National Suicide [...]
Presidential Memorandum on Discharging the Federal Student Loan Debt of Totally and Permanently Disabled Veterans
The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Higher Education Opportunity Act in 2008 and other acts (Higher [...]
The Heart and Lung Bill provides much needed medical assistance to first responders that were injured at work
If you are a first responder like firefighters, law enforcement agents, correctional officers, and EMT’s the Heart & Lung Bill [...]