Ohio Social Security Disability Lawyers

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If you are thinking about applying for Social Security disability in Ohio, 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 Ohio reveals that 39% 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.

Ohio has 6 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, 45% of Ohio disability hearings result in an disability benefits being awarded.

On average, Ohio residents wait 563 days for their hearing before an ALJ. Some Hearing Offices are more favorable than others.

Disability Statistics for Ohio

Office	Judges	Avg. Hearing Wait Time	Average Processing Time	Avg. Dispositions Per Day Per ALJ	Cases Dismissed	Cases Approved	Cases Denied
Akron	11	16 months	515 days	2.23	12%	32%	56%
Toledo	10	14 months	498 days	1.82	10%	58%	31%
Columbus	13	18 months	598 days	1.60	26%	54%	20%
Cleveland	17	16 months	516 days	1.77	24%	24%	53%
Cincinnati	11	20 months	626 days	1.98	12%	50%	38%
Dayton	5	19 months	627 days	2.45	14%	52%	33%
All Ohio	0	17 months	94 days	1.98	16%	45%	39%

All Administrative Law Judges in Ohio

Judge	City of Operation	Full Favorable	Part Favorable	Total ALJ Dispositions	Total Awards	Total Decisions	Total Denials	Total Dispositions
Stuart Adkins	Dayton	22	25	147	47	126	79	147
Louis Aliberti	Akron	60	6	122	66	97	31	122
Frederick Andreas	Cleveland	31	3	100	34	78	44	100
Earl Ashford	Toledo	27	5	99	32	79	47	99
Terry M Banks	Toledo	21	9	122	30	97	67	122
Kevin R Barnes	Dayton	76	13	150	89	124	35	150
Gregory M Beatty	Akron	20	11	130	31	102	71	130
Peter Beekman	Cleveland	30	8	150	38	125	87	150
Renita K Bivins	Cincinnati	13	13	91	26	68	42	91
Peter J Boylan	Cincinnati	76	3	157	79	130	51	157
Amy Budney	Cleveland	31	12	89	43	74	31	89
Scott R Canfield	Cleveland	10	4	62	14	52	38	62
Patricia Carey	Toledo	28	15	131	43	98	55	131
Thomas A Ciccolini	Akron	108	3	153	111	139	28	153
William Diggs	Cincinnati	74	10	170	84	142	58	170
Jason C Earnhart	Columbus	3	1	41	4	40	36	41
Rita S Eppler	Columbus	3	0	14	3	3	0	14
Irma J Flottman	Columbus	58	5	115	63	91	28	115
Robert W Flynn	Cincinnati	50	3	109	53	81	28	109
Timothy Gates	Columbus	15	6	154	21	143	122	154
Susan G Giuffre	Cleveland	9	9	127	18	106	88	127
Paula J Goodrich	Akron	30	12	107	42	91	49	107
Joseph G Hajjar	Cleveland	25	5	118	30	88	58	118
Jeffrey Hartranft	Columbus	28	3	86	31	71	40	86
Traci M Hixson	Cleveland	44	26	102	70	94	24	102
Richard Horowitz	Toledo	32	1	105	33	75	42	105
Keith J Kearney	Cleveland	29	4	105	33	79	46	105
Timothy G Keller	Columbus	16	3	123	19	84	65	123
Gregory G Kenyon	Dayton	38	17	132	55	117	62	132
Carrie Kerber	Toledo	24	18	117	42	103	61	117
Kristen King	Cincinnati	32	3	66	35	54	19	66
Amanda Knapp	Akron	19	11	97	30	76	46	97
William Leland	Cleveland	19	5	106	24	82	58	106
Jeannine Lesperance	Columbus	42	4	116	46	92	46	116
Pamela E Loesel	Cleveland	25	4	67	29	56	27	67
Mary Lohr	Akron	76	9	144	85	117	32	144
Penny Loucas	Cleveland	31	13	136	44	109	65	136
Catherine Ma	Cleveland	12	7	118	19	93	74	118
Dianne S Mantel	Toledo	14	4	85	18	66	48	85
Martin McClelland	Cleveland	5	1	29	6	19	13	29
Cristen Meadows	Cincinnati	35	7	132	42	107	65	132
Mary D. Morrow	Toledo	21	13	118	34	97	63	118
Thuy-Anh T Nguyen	Cincinnati	25	6	113	31	84	53	113
Jennifer Overstreet	Toledo	38	6	121	44	98	54	121
John M Prince	Cincinnati	61	5	123	66	106	40	123
Jeffrey Raeber	Akron	32	8	117	40	91	51	117
George D Roscoe	Cleveland	13	5	129	18	106	88	129
Joseph A Rose	Cleveland	58	11	137	69	120	51	137
Deborah F Sanders	Dayton	28	25	151	53	123	70	151
Michael F Schmitz	Akron	58	4	141	62	121	59	141
John L Shailer	Columbus	20	1	41	21	37	16	41
Anne Shaughnessy	Cincinnati	44	9	129	53	114	61	129
Reuben Sheperd	Akron	54	9	142	63	115	52	142
Paul Sher	Toledo	24	5	80	29	62	33	80
Charles Shinn	Akron	59	4	147	63	124	61	147
Susan Smoot	Akron	46	27	145	73	110	37	145
Heidi Southern	Columbus	61	3	127	64	110	46	127
Noceeba Southern	Columbus	48	18	182	66	156	90	182
Sherry D Thompson	Columbus	0	0	6	0	1	1	2
Christopher S Tindale	Cincinnati	32	9	107	41	93	52	107
Laura S Twilley	Dayton	42	18	144	60	120	60	144
Joseph Vallowe	Cleveland	46	6	105	52	82	30	105
Gabrielle R Vitellio	Toledo	35	13	98	48	81	33	98
Thomas L Wang	Columbus	41	10	140	51	111	60	140
Eric Westley	Cleveland	31	5	99	36	71	35	99
Kenneth Wilson	Cincinnati	54	5	86	59	75	16	86
Matthew Winfrey	Columbus	33	11	88	44	65	21	88

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