Disability Law Research

Here are some other good primary research sites:

www.schnaufer.com. A website of one of the most brilliant Social Security lawyers, Eric Schnaufer. Eric is a lawyer’s lawyer. He has insight into what the courts might do with any potential argument and where the courts are going. You cannot go very far wrong by taking anything he says as certain truth.

www.traverlaw.com. David Traver is a good Social Security lawyer, and a bit of a philosopher. His background as a vocational expert gives him a perspective that many lawyers do not have, and he has carefully thought out vocational issues in particular. Traverlaw now hosts the Connect board. Many who are inside the Administration visit this site, and give an inside view that is unobtainable anywhere else.

www.nosscr.org. A great site for a complete list of the basic research sources. NOSSCR stands for the National Organization of Social Security Claimant’s Representatives, which is the premier organization that supports representatives, and through them, claimants.

www.ssas.com. Peter Young seems to know the answers to even the most obscure Social Security questions. His website reflects his knowledge. Peter also publishes the Social Security Advisory Service, which complements the site, and is a great resource for anyone serious about Social Security law.

www.theombudsman.com. Charles Martin is a great guy and a great all around Social Security lawyer. His website advertises his practice database system, the omnibudsman, that you should consider once you get any volume of cases.

www.ssa.gov. This is the Administration’s site. It is an enormous mine of information of all sorts. Of course it only gives the Administration’s version of the law, and often the whole point of what you are trying to do is to establish that their version is incorrect. Still, on noncontroversial issues, this is often where you should go first.

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