Eileen P. Sweeney Distinguished Service Award

By Gordon Gates on September 23, 2010

The Eileen P. Sweeney Distinguished Service Award was presented this morning at the NOSSCR Fall Conference by Troy Rosasco, Esq.

The recipients of the award are Charles Hall, Esq. and David Travers, Esq. It is a well deserved honor for each.

In addition to many other accomplishments, both of these gentlemen have published books on Social Security disability law and have prominent sites on the web addressing Social Security topics. Mr. Hall publishes the blog Social Security News. Mr. Travers hosts the Connect Forum.

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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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