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The Honorable Vickie Evans will be joining the Portland, Maine ODAR as a new administrative law judge. Prior to becoming a judge, Ms. Evans was a Senior Attorney Advisor at the Delaware hearing office. Prior to that, she represented claimants before the Social Security Administration in the Atlanta area for about 7 years. We welcome…

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

The average processing time for the Portland, Maine hearing office is now 340 days, just over 11 months. 

Processing time runs from the date…

The latest statistics for average processing times for the Social Security hearing offices just arrived. The average processing time for the Portland, Maine hearing office stands at 327 days – just about 11 months. 

Processing time runs from the day the hearing office receives your hearing request to the day a decision is issued. The…

It is always a pleasure to call a client with the news that his or her Social Security disability claim has been granted at the hearing level with an on the record (OTR) decision. 

With the claim granted, there is no further wait for a hearing, and the inevitable stress from worrying about the outcome of…

The hearing office in Portland has lost an administrative law judge. Judge Stephen Ponticiello left the Portland ODAR this Summer, to return to the Department of Justice. We wish him well. On a personal note, while I only had a few hearings with Judge Ponticiello, I really liked the way that he made claimants feel…

 

The latest statistics have been released regarding average processing times in the hearing offices around the country. The Portland, Maine ODAR remains #1 in the country with an average processing time of 274 days. This is a remarkable performance, and the hearing office director, judges and staff at the Portland ODAR deserve kudos for…

When I was a young boy, Carl Yastrzemski was the left fielder for the Boston Red Sox. His years of experience at Fenway Park gave him an advantage, and he was adept at playing the carom off the left field wall and working with the odd angles in the left field corner.  In contrast, visiting players were…

The Portland, Maine hearing office is still #1 in the country, according to the latest statistics released by the SSA and republished in Social Security News. The Portland hearing office has an average processing time of 270 days. Processing time runs from the day the hearing office receives your hearing request to the day a decision…