Important Topics

By Gordon Gates on May 19, 2010

Please take a moment and look at the sidebar of this blog, under the heading Important Topics. These are links to permanent pages on this site that address topics that are central to many claims.

A drawback of the blog format is that the most recent posts (not necessarily the most important posts) appear at the top of the site. To counterbalance this, I created the Important Topics list on the sidebar.

The latest page added to the list is Appeal Your Denial. Obviously, this is an important topic for many Social Security disability claims.

There is other helpful information in the Important Topics pages, and I particularly urge new visitors to this site to take a look.

The Important Topics are:

Gordon GatesAttorney

Gordon Gates specializes in Social Security disability law, and he handles claims at every level of the Social Security disability claim process. He assists clients…

Gordon Gates specializes in Social Security disability law, and he handles claims at every level of the Social Security disability claim process. He assists clients with initial applications for disability benefits, with appeals of denied claims, and with hearings by an administrative law judge.

Gordon has successfully appealed unfavorable administrative law judge decisions the Social Security Appeals Council and to U.S. District Court (District of Maine) to have those claims remanded for new hearings.

Gordon attended Maine Maritime Academy and Tulane University Law School. At Tulane, he served as Senior Articles Editor of the Tulane Law Review and graduated magna cum laude. He was admitted to practice law in Maine in 1991. Since 2005, he has concentrated his law practice on Social Security disability and SSI cases.

Gordon is the publisher of Social Security Disability Lawyer, a nationally-read legal blog. He presented at the Fall 2010 conference of National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR) on the topic of Writing Hearing Briefs for the ALJ.

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