Allenstein and Allenstein, LLC

06/18/2026

I have lots of reasons to smile today! Two huge reasons...we received word from one of the Social Security Disability Judge's offices that we do not need to attend two hearings next week because we won the cases on the record. In every case, we write a brief to the Judge explaining why we think the case is a winning case. Some Judges love them. We also submit TWO medical summaries of the medical evidence. One is in chronological order and one is organized by provider. This is a LOT of work but I feel like it is necessary to help the Judges see and understand why we feel like the case is a winning case. I am so glad we took the time to do this for these two clients who can finally stop worrying. Help is on the way. Great work team.

06/13/2026

Whew. We had 5 team members at the office today on their day off working nonstop to meet a few deadlines. We had two Appeals Council briefs due, several 5 Day Deadlines for hearings the week after next and preparations for two hearings next week. They stayed till about 6 when we got it all done. They are the BEST. I hope they all have a wonderful and rest-filled weekend. They certainly deserve it! Best team ever!

06/11/2026

Our new sign is finally done!!!! It took a long while to get it just right. We really wanted it to be wood and it turns out that it was a challenge to find someone who still makes wood signs. Jada knew a guy and brought him in and I am so happy with it! Do you like it?!

06/10/2026

I am having the best day and I am so thankful.

My day began when the spouse of a cessation case client came with a check to pay their attorney fee. I know it is not easy writing checks for attorney fees and I REALLY appreciate this client. Fees are not always withheld by Social Security in Cessation Cases so the clients have to sometimes actually come in and pay and that is no fun. I get it...so THANK YOU.

The day got even better when I was able to call a client who came to us in 2016 after receiving an Unfavorable Decision on a Social Security Disability claim filed in 2013 with another attorney. My Father, Myron Allenstein appealed the case to the United States District Court and obtained a Remand. He represented them in another hearing before the same Judge and lost again. He appealed the case to the Appeals Council. Lost. He appealed to the United States District Court and lost. He appealed the case to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and it was Remanded again in July of 2021. My Father passed in June of 2022 (June 10th actually) and never got to see the case resolved. The client had another hearing in October of 2022. I attended. We lost. We appealed to the Appeals Council. Lost. Mr. Bailey appealed it for us to the United States District Court and obtained a Remand. I went back to the same Judge for another hearing and this time the Judge awarded benefits from 2025. I appealed to the Appeals Council because we felt the evidence supported a finding of disability way before 2025. The Appeals Council issued a Remand Order. I attended the client's FIFTH hearing with them in front of the THIRD Judge. Well, today we received a Fully Favorable Decision awarding benefits back to 2013.

We worked hard for this one. I can sort of see my Dad smiling about it too.

Great job team. This is what I mean when I say...

06/02/2026

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06/01/2026

Oh my goodness. Do you know how often this happens? ONE percent of appeals to the Appeals Council WIN at The Appeals Council. It is so rare, that I often hesitate to even mention it as a possibility, to clients who are facing an appeal to the Appeals Council. So...I am just thrilled. Great work team. Robin is the Legal Assistant assigned to handle appeals at the Appeals and she does an amazing job. It is rough work. By the time someone is at the Appeals Council, they have been waiting a LONG time for a win. I could see that Robin was sort of discouraged today but this REALLY brightened her day.

Corrina ALSO reported two wins at the Request for Reconsideration level today. That level is frustrating because it often seems like a dead zone where very little happens but look...two RFR wins in one day! Great job Corrina!

I am so thankful for the person or persons at Social Security who took the time to look at these cases closely. I know they are swamped and I appreciate their hard work too.

05/31/2026

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05/29/2026

Nothing is better than calling to tell a client they won their Social Security Disability claim.

One thing might be better...calling to tell a parent that their disabled adult child has been approved for Disabled Child benefits.

Almost every parent I meet of a disabled child says this..."What will happen after I am gone?" They NEED to know that there is an income stream and health insurance for their adult disabled child.

This particular case involves a disabled adult who was drawing SSI only and had been for many years. The custodial parent reached retirement age and so now the disabled adult child is eligible to draw based on the parent's earnings. This means they get access to Medicare and access to a higher monthly payment.

If you have a disabled adult child drawing SSI and a parent who paid taxes into the system is now deceased, disabled, or at full retirement age, you need to reach out to the Social Security Administration and see if the disabled adult child now qualifies for a different benefit.

This case was actually harder than it seems like it should be. I had another one recently and it was also harder than it should be. In both cases, the Judges required that we PROVE the disabled adult is still disabled. I was a little surprised by that but we were ready with the necessary evidence in both cases. We never assume anything here and good thing because both judges examined the evidence in both cases very carefully. It seems that nothing is easy in the world of Social Security Disability law. You have to BE READY.

I am so happy for this precious family. Both families are actually wonderful wonderful people who care deeply for their disabled adult children. I am thrilled with the outcome. Great job team!

05/29/2026

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05/29/2026

Today was a little stressful. We had 3 Social Security Disability hearings and 4 Social Security Disability cases with with what we call "Five Day Deadlines". This means there is quite a lot of hustling to round up items we need for each of the files in order to get submissions done in a timely manner. I was just sort of thinking about how I didn't love the pace of the day but then I started thinking about it and there were some really good parts of my day....

I got a lot of hugs today. Not just polite hugs but real and sincere and special hugs. Two were from clients who had hearings today. Two were from clients who won and had come in to pay their case expenses and one was from an attorney who used to work in our office. Maybe you remember her...Lindsey Beddingfield Archer. She was an amazing member of our team at one time and it was so good to see her!

We also won one of our three hearings today on the record! So while the pace was rough, I suppose it was a good day after all.