Lawyer Melissa Haggerty to speak at OHSU
On Saturday, March 5 from 1:30pm to 2:15pm and 2:30pm to 3:15pm, Melissa Haggerty will speak at the Young People with Parkinson’s Disease Conference hosted by…
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Can this Case be Won? Episode Seventeen
This feature appears from time to time as a means of illustrating the challenges that many applicants for social security disability benefits experience, in their…
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Did you receive a "Get Protected" email from Social Security? It's a scam.
The Federal Trade Commission is warning Americans to be wary about emails that appear to be sent by the Social Security Administration. A recent scam…
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President's Budget for Social Security (SSA): How Will It Affect You?
Yesterday President Obama released his Fiscal Year 2017 budget proposal for the Social Security Administration (SSA). If Congress granted the President’s budget request, SSA would see…
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President Obama calls for a strengthening of Social Security
In his final State of the Union speech on Tuesday, President Obama called for a strengthening of Social Security. While the President focused primarily on retirement…
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Getting out of our comfort zones
As a Social Security disability attorney, it would be easy to limit myself to my office, where I typically meet with clients, and to the…
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