Law Office of Regina Walker

08/15/2025

My website is new and improved thanks to my daughter Julia Walker!

Law Office Of Regina Walker Legal expertise that’s dedicated to you For over 10 years I have committed my law practice to providing compassionate and personalized legal representation for all my clients. With my 30 years of experience focusing on social security disability and bankruptcy law, I un...

08/01/2025

I am appalled that a government system that is supposed to be there for disabled workers is a completely failing those with the highest need.

I have several clients that I have assisted with appeals up and through the federal court system fighting for years to obtain their earned disability benefits. After a long and arduous battle over several years they were finally approved and found disabled. However, the Social Security Administration is currently taking over 2 years to process and pay the benefits awarded. I was told today by the Social Security payment center that in cases where the benefits were approved after a court appeal, they are just working on claims where the decision awarding benefits was made in 2023!!!

To put this in perspective. Let me give you one client's situation. I have a very sick client who has not been able to work since March, 2018. Her claim for disability benefits was denied and ultimately had to be appealed to Federal Court. The appeal was successful and she was finally found disabled as of March, 2018 by a decision dated December, 2024. To date, she has not received any benefits whatsoever from SSA and I have not received payment for the work that I performed. She has been waiting since March, 2018 with no income and I have to tell her she may not receive anything from the Social Security Administration until some time in 2026.

If an individual files for Social Security Disability and is approved a benefit without the need for a court appeal, that individual generally gets paid within 6-8 weeks of the favorable determination. But individuals who have had to fight in court to obtain the benefits they deserve have to wait an additional two years before being paid what they have been awarded. The representative that I spoke with today stated to me that she hopes they will hire more people to help with processing the benefit payments.

I have completely lost faith that anyone in the current administration cares about the well-being of its citizens. All I can do is to try telling my clients to reach out to their local representatives to let them know this is the situation.

06/02/2025

First NABT conference !

02/13/2024

Need help dealing with student loans, Parachute can help!

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that some borrowers will soon begin receiving debt cancellation after as few as 10 years in repayment, instead of the 20 to 25 years of …

02/12/2024

2023 Statistics for Social Security disability claim determinations. The odds are not in the claimant's favor until the case reaches federal court. Having an experienced, knowledgeable, compassionate, and persistent attorney is vital to a favorable determination.

02/07/2024

Settling in to my new office location at 200 John James Audubon, Suite 103, Amherst. Now easier to find 😎

02/01/2024

Today the Law Office of Regina Walker celebrated its 10th anniversary and I am very excited to announce my new office location at 200 John James Audubon Parkway, Suite 103, Amherst.

I am so very appreciative for all the support I have been received over these 10 years.

I also want to express my gratitude to a very special realtor and friend, Bethany Botzenhart, for helping find the perfect office space to grow into.

12/07/2023

Sharing this information from the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives

"We Can't Wait Act" Introduced in Senate

Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) have introduced the We Can't Wait Act "to amend title II of the Social Security Act to permit disabled individuals to elect to receive disability insurance benefits during the disability insurance benefit waiting period...." The bill number is S.3400, and it has been referred to the Senate Committee on Finance, chaired by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR).

This bill proposes to end the five-month SSDI exclusion period after onset of disability. Denying SSDI claimants benefits for the first five months is bankrupting the disabled and denying earned insurance benefits to the terminally ill. This bill gives disability claimants a choice to receive benefits without delay. The National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives is part of the We Can't Wait Coalition, which includes Paralyzed Veterans of America, NAMI, NADR, and the American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network.

12/07/2023

I am excited to announce the as of February 1, 2024 my office office will be at a new location at 200 John James Audubon Parkway, Suite 103, Amherst, NY 14228. I am so happy to be celebrating 10 years of the Law Office of Regina Walker with a new office location.

01/09/2023

A recent article in the Washington Post brought much-needed light to the Social Security Administration’s practice of using an obsolete job listings publication to deny disability benefits to claimants. Social Security uses the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, containing thousands of entries tha...