Attorney Vicki Dempsey saw an injustice in Missouri law and has been successful in getting it changed.  Dempsey has practiced bankruptcy law for 28 years and has represented thousands of people in Chapter 7 and 13 cases.  In 2011 she filed a case for a couple in Missouri who had substantial medical bills.  Sadly, a few months after […]

If there is anything we Americans hate, its paperwork.  Unfortunately, when you apply for Social Security Disability or SSI, you get smacked with a lot of it. Too many people rush through the paperwork and make mistakes that can end up costing them their benefits! One of the forms that is easy to mess up […]

SOCIAL SECURITY CASES HEARD IN HANNIBAL REASSIGNED TO ST. LOUIS ODAR In November our office was notified that all of our cases which are heard in Hannibal – all of our Illinois cases as well as the eastern two-thirds of Northeast Missouri — are being transferred back to the St. Louis Office of Disability Adjudication […]

Recent Changes in Social Security There is a partisan attack on Social Security Disability recipients in this country and it is having fallout for our clients.  There is a perceptible chill running through the Social Security Administration. The federal government sequester resulted in the laying off of personnel in the fall of 2013. Judges who […]

Applying for Social Security Disability benefits can mean facing two or more years of loss of income.  How should someone dealwith this financial crisis?  Bankruptcy can give some relief, but the timing is important and depends on a number of factors:             1.  Is the Claimant single or married?             2.  Does the Claimant have […]

Our Firm Wins $70,000 Award for Homeless Veteran in Pro Bono Case  Tooting our own Horn! Our office participates in the Center for Veteran Advancement/National Organization of Veteran’s Advocates Advocate Pro Bono Program.  The following is from their newsletter: Congratulations to Marcia Moellring, CVA/NOVA Pro Bono Advocate.  Marcia was successful in winning over $70,000 for […]

West Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri Social Security Disability Cases Hearings for Social Security Disability and SSI claimants in our area have bounced from office to office like a ping pong ball in a tornado.  As of this writing, the Columbia, Missouri Office of Disability Adjudication and Review is nominally the office in charge of […]

Success in Securing Benefits for Veterans Recently our VA department has been successful in securing benefits for several veterans and their dependents.  Dempsey, Dempsey, and Moellring represented a United States Marine Vietnam Veteran at a Board of Veterans Appeals hearing at the Regional Office in Saint Louis.  The veteran had a service connected disability rating […]

     If you are unable to work due to a physical or mental disability, you should consider applying for Social Security Disability benefits, or Supplemental Security Income.  There are three ways to do this.  One way is to contact your local social security office either by phone or in person.  They are required to help you fill out […]