Social Security Administration to Resume In-Person Services at Local Social Security Offices
Online Services and Telephone Remain Most Convenient Ways to Contact Agency “I am pleased to announce that local Social Security [...]
Am I Required to Set Up My Own SS Account?
Clients at Avard Law Offices have been calling us and asking if they are now REQUIRED to set up their [...]
21st Century Cures Act & Free Medical Records
As of November 2nd, the 21st Century Cures Act mandates that providers must be able to make eight types of patient [...]
The $600 Federal Unemployment Boost Ends July 31st
The CARES Act provided an additional $600 per week of unemployment benefits to Americans who were eligible after losing their [...]
Unemployment and Social Security Disability
Can you collect unemployment and Social Security Disability at the same time? Yes, you can apply for and be awarded [...]
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 [...]
Attorney Carol Avard Achieves Recertification in Social Security Disability Law with the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Cape Coral, FL -The National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) is pleased to announce that Carol Avard of the law [...]
Avard Law files notice of disagreement with Social Security’s proposal to eliminate “inability to communicate in English” as a factor in deciding disability claims
April 1, 2019 Nancy Berryhill, Acting Commissioner Social Security Administration 64501 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21235-6401 Submitted via www.regulations.gov Re: [...]