Portland Hearing Office Average Processing Time

By Gordon Gates on August 18, 2010

The latest average processing time statistics for Social Security hearing offices around the country were distributed by NOSSCR in the July 2010 Social Security Forum, a newsletter for its members.

The average processing time for the Portland, Maine hearing office is now 352 days, just two weeks shy of one year.

Processing time runs from the date of the hearing request to the day a decision is issued. The 352 days is an average. Some claims are resolved more quickly, but a claim that requires a hearing and a written decision may take longer.

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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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