We Got an Award! Dempsey, Dempsey and Hilts received an award from the group, Social Security Disability Leadership. We were recognized as one of the top 500 firms in the nation. In fact, according to the Social Security Administration, we are 305th in the nation for 2022 in number of Social Security Disability and SSI […]

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 […]

Time of Changes for Disability Clients Our disability practice continues to grow and in this issue we will discuss some of the changes and challenges we are facing.  The Veteran’s Administration remains seriously understaffed and dogged by time delays.  It is still a challenge just to receive records.  For Social Security Disability Insurance and SSI […]

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 […]

Local SSA Offices Closing Early in Attempt to Catch Up The Social Security Administration is notoriously slow in handling Social Security Disability and SSI claims. Staff reductions have done nothing to make this better. Beginning August 15th, all SSA local offices began closing to the public one half hour earlier, to work on existing cases. […]