New York Social Security Disability Lawyers

If you are thinking about applying for Social Security disability in New York, then you should weigh the benefits of hiring an attorney. An experienced Social Security disability lawyer can significantly improve the odds that your case will be approved.

Social Security data from New York reveals that 40% of the Social Security disability claims are denied on average. Of course, most applicants that have been denied on their first attempt appeal the decision. However, the chances of approval are even worse in the first phase of the appeals process, which is formally known as reconsideration.

The vast majority of claimants will have to wait until their hearing before an administrative law judge (ALJ) to have a significant chance of approval.

New York has 10 Hearing Offices where you can go to have your case heard by an ALJ. They are listed in the above table.

Most successful Social Security disability claims are approved during the hearing, largely because the ALJs have more leeway in the way they handle claims and can actually see and hear you while you present evidence of your disability.

Overall, 40% of New York disability hearings result in an disability benefits being awarded.

On average, New York residents wait 623 days for their hearing before an ALJ. Some Hearing Offices are more favorable than others.

Disability Statistics for New York

Office	Judges	Avg. Hearing Wait Time	Average Processing Time	Avg. Dispositions Per Day Per ALJ	Cases Dismissed	Cases Approved	Cases Denied
Syracuse	11	19 months	567 days	2.12	16%	46%	38%
Buffalo	12	22 months	660 days	1.44	16%	37%	47%
Jamaica	9	19 months	615 days	1.82	10%	38%	52%
Bronx	8	18 months	591 days	2.20	20%	25%	55%
Albany	12	17 months	587 days	2.02	26%	30%	44%
New York	8	21 months	642 days	1.25	31%	42%	27%
Central Islip	8	22 months	629 days	1.72	27%	53%	20%
New York	14	22 months	711 days	1.52	18%	33%	49%
White Plains	11	18 months	585 days	1.60	13%	43%	44%
Rochester	4	23 months	639 days	1.58	19%	56%	25%
All New York	0	20 months	623 days	1.73	20%	40%	40%

All Administrative Law Judges in New York

Judge	City of Operation	Full Favorable	Part Favorable	Total ALJ Dispositions	Total Awards	Total Decisions	Total Denials	Total Dispositions
Michelle I Allen	Jamaica	23	10	61	33	45	12	61
Asad M. Ba-Yunus	Albany	30	9	142	39	119	80	142
Bryce Baird	Buffalo	34	5	82	39	60	21	82
John J Barry	White Plains	26	3	54	29	36	7	54
Stephan Bell	Buffalo	48	9	105	57	83	26	105
Alan B Berkowitz	Central Islip	48	7	117	55	77	22	117
Dale Black-Pennington	Albany	47	3	106	50	91	41	106
Vincent M Cascio	White Plains	48	7	128	55	98	43	128
Jay L Cohen	Jamaica	45	6	109	51	82	31	109
Stephen Cordovani	Buffalo	25	8	118	33	86	53	118
John P Costello	Rochester	47	2	109	49	77	28	109
Brian J Crawley	Central Islip	68	6	105	74	82	8	105
Michael W Devlin	Rochester	37	8	94	45	54	9	94
Sandra R DiMaggio Wallis	White Plains	12	0	99	12	19	7	37
Margaret A Donaghy	Jamaica	41	3	79	44	64	20	79
Robert C Dorf	New York	69	8	117	77	98	21	117
Katherine Edgell	White Plains	19	18	98	37	79	42	98
Jeremy G Eldred	Syracuse	49	3	123	52	95	43	123
Joseph R Faraguna	Central Islip	67	3	120	70	86	16	120
John G Farrell	Albany	58	9	121	67	104	37	121
Bruce S Fein	Syracuse	45	11	135	56	98	42	135
Elias Feuer	Bronx	21	5	83	26	64	38	83
Michael Friedman	New York	7	4	129	11	19	8	25
Michael Friedman	Jamaica	42	12	129	54	78	24	104
Paul Georger	Buffalo	40	8	113	48	88	40	113
Lynette Gohr	Buffalo	11	8	72	19	61	42	72
Robert Gonzalez	White Plains	39	6	78	45	65	20	78
Thomas C Gray	New York	69	13	130	82	101	19	130
Gretchen M Greisler	Syracuse	27	11	117	38	79	41	117
Seth I Grossman	New York	30	7	145	37	101	64	145
Edward H Hein	New York	36	5	103	41	61	20	103
Maria Herrero-Jaarsma	Buffalo	24	10	89	34	78	44	89
Robyn L Hoffman	Syracuse	32	4	124	36	83	47	124
Ifeoma N Iwuamadi	Jamaica	38	23	122	61	94	33	122
Melissa L Jones	Buffalo	34	4	91	38	64	26	91
Brian Kane	Rochester	41	8	102	49	70	21	102
Brian G Kanner	Bronx	60	6	151	66	124	58	151
Dennis G Katz	White Plains	50	5	112	55	89	34	112
James Kearns	Buffalo	0	0	54	0	1	1	3
James Kearns	New York	8	0	54	8	13	5	22
James Kearns	New York	16	0	54	16	21	5	29
Paul F Kelly	Albany	92	8	142	100	119	19	142
Patrick Kilgannon	Central Islip	31	4	75	35	53	18	75
Elizabeth W Koennecke	Syracuse	23	5	85	28	56	28	85
Brian LeCours	Albany	62	11	162	73	147	74	162
Brian W Lemoine	White Plains	58	4	102	62	80	18	102
Alexander G Levine	Bronx	69	9	177	78	131	53	177
John M Lischak	Syracuse	60	5	102	65	71	6	102
Michelle S Marcus	Albany	19	2	35	21	29	8	35
Mary Mattimore	Buffalo	24	19	119	43	88	45	119
Kieran McCormack	White Plains	35	19	129	54	111	57	129
Janet McEneaney	New York	23	2	59	25	44	19	59
Timothy M McGuan	Buffalo	34	8	103	42	81	39	103
Sandra M McKenna	Jamaica	79	4	131	83	105	22	131
Lau Michalec Olszewski	New York	1	0	84	1	1	0	1
Lau Michalec Olszewski	White Plains	28	3	84	31	61	30	83
Jason A Miller	New York	41	9	122	50	82	32	122
Jude B Mulvey	Syracuse	39	17	146	56	109	53	146
Lynn Neugebauer	Bronx	61	18	130	79	109	30	130
David F Neumann	Albany	81	13	170	94	146	52	170
Connor O'Brien	Rochester	38	1	68	39	46	7	68
Arthur Patane	Albany	62	7	128	69	107	38	128
Margaret L Pecoraro	Jamaica	72	5	110	77	84	7	110
Gloria Pellegrino	Jamaica	27	6	136	33	108	75	136
Moises Penalver	New York	35	7	72	42	50	8	72
Marissa A Pizzuto	New York	64	2	116	66	83	17	116
John P Ramos	Syracuse	40	8	110	48	81	33	110
Sommattie Ramrup	New York	24	1	66	25	45	20	66
M. Reeves	New York	14	9	82	23	50	27	82
Gitel Reich	New York	55	7	119	62	80	18	119
David Romeo	Syracuse	52	13	159	65	115	50	159
Lori Romeo	New York	36	14	115	50	78	28	115
Kimberly L Schiro	Bronx	60	6	132	66	107	41	132
Robert R Schriver	Jamaica	45	15	116	60	91	31	116
Joani Sedaca	New York	49	9	125	58	83	25	125
Miriam L Shire	Bronx	33	3	116	36	79	43	116
Sharda Singh	White Plains	40	9	109	49	100	51	109
Jennifer G Smith	Syracuse	36	10	125	46	89	43	125
Mark Solomon	New York	28	11	121	39	89	50	121
Jr., Andrew J. Soltes	Albany	28	22	129	50	112	62	129
Mary Sparks	Albany	19	0	52	19	37	18	52
Michael J Stacchini	White Plains	41	5	108	46	84	38	108
Linda A Stagno	New York	4	3	14	7	10	3	14
Carl E Stephan	Albany	44	3	105	47	84	37	105
Flor M Suarez	New York	40	6	112	46	75	29	112
Kenneth Theurer	Syracuse	41	6	149	47	114	67	149
David Tobias	Central Islip	75	11	143	86	111	25	143
Lucian A Vecchio	New York	75	1	136	76	99	23	136
Ronald L Waldman	Central Islip	66	7	117	73	82	9	117
Selwyn S Walters	Bronx	54	5	140	59	97	38	140
Melissa Warner	New York	16	0	101	16	17	1	17
William M Weir	Buffalo	34	9	111	43	83	40	111
Andrew S Weiss	Central Islip	50	7	131	57	99	42	131
Zachary S Weiss	Bronx	55	9	108	64	79	15	108
April M Wexler	Central Islip	2	1	121	3	4	1	5
Robert Wright	Albany	72	5	141	77	120	43	141
Marilyn D Zahm	Buffalo	6	0	17	6	11	5	17

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