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27 Feb

office #of judges hearing wait time average processing ave. disposition per day per judge Dismissal Cases Approved Cases Denied Detroit 10 12.0 months 384 days 2.0 22% 39% 39% Flint 5 11.0 months 359 days 1.9 13% 54% 33% Grand Rapids 9 8.0 months 288 days 1.9 18% 37% 45% Lansing 7 10.0 months 339…

27 Feb

Difference Between a DDS Examiner and an Administrative Law Judge What is the difference between a DDS Examiner and an Administrative Law Judge? DDS examiners and Administrative Law Judges (ALJ) can both approve or deny a disability claim but they each deal with different stages of your request for disability benefits. After you apply for…

27 Feb

Medical and Vocational Expert Witnesses Medical or Vocational Expert Witnesses are people who have been contracted by the Social Security office. The office keeps a panel of experts in both the medical and vocational fields that an Administrative Law Judge can choose to have at a hearing if he/she feels it will be helpful. When…

27 Feb

Do I need a disability attorney at a hearing? It is not required to have an attorney for your disability hearing. However, having an attorney will help to ensure that you are given a fair hearing. A lawyer will make sure that all the right questions are asked at the hearing. Your lawyer will also…

10 Feb

These are the Michigan Workers Compensation Decisions from 2013. While the numbers are difficult to read and understand, the bottom line is that only 169 cases went to trial in the entire State of Michigan in 2013. Of those 169 trials only 20 resulted in an open award of benefits for the injured worker. In…

10 Feb

2014 Social Security Disability update: Social Security initial filings are taking about 3-4 months according to our current records and appeals to get a hearing in front of an ALJ or admin. Law judge are taking about 10 to 12 months on average.

10 Feb

Unfortunately, the value of workers compensation settlements in Michigan have been declining given that only a hand full of people won their workers compensation cases in Michigan last year. Thats for the entire State of Michigan. Between the Law that the republicans and Snyder passed in November of 2011, the Judges appointed by Governor Snyder,…

20 May

The attorney fee for a lump sum settlement when benefits are being paid is only 10 percent of the lump sum settlement. If benefits are terminated or cut off the attorney fee only goes up slightly to 15 percent of the first $25,000 and then is reduced to 10 percent of the balance over $25,000,…