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For over forty years, the lawyers at Allenstein & Allenstein have protected individuals throughout Northeast Alabama. With strong ties to the local community, we will work to be a positive part of your life during your most difficult times. We want to work with you to resolve your questions and concerns as soon as possible.

10/19/2026

I'm tired. I'm hungry. But I am HAPPY and THANKFUL!
I just received word that we received ANOTHER win today at the Request for Reconsideration Level!!!
Great work Corrina!

10/19/2026

I was so excited to get to work today. So far I have met 5 new Social Security Disability clients that I will be able to help. One is going to be a real challenge but I am up for it. The person told me about 14 lawyers across the Southeast turned them down already. That's when I knew I just had to take the case. I do enjoy a challenge. I also enjoy a win. I just finished a call to a very worried client to tell them they won at the Request for Reconsideration level. If you read these posts enough, you know that the Request for Reconsideration Level is a hard level to win at. I wish you could have heard the relief in their voice knowing decent health insurance is on the way! It makes it all worth it to hear that relief in their voice.

I hope you never have to face what I see people face every day. They worry about how they will pay the rent, how they will eat, how they will keep making the car payment, how they will afford the most critical medications. It is actually terrifying. The only thing that gives me peace is knowing how many people I have seen over the years who do actually make it through this. I pray they all make it through the things they are walking through today. It is not an easy walk.
That is for sure.

I attended a seminar tonight in Birmingham on Medicare. It is so complicated. When I say there is a lot to learn, I mean...
10/16/2026

I attended a seminar tonight in Birmingham on Medicare. It is so complicated. When I say there is a lot to learn, I mean there is a lot to learn!

We are having the BEST day here!!! We are celebrating a milestone birthday (You will NEVER guess which milestone) for KA...
10/14/2026

We are having the BEST day here!!! We are celebrating a milestone birthday (You will NEVER guess which milestone) for KATHY!!!!! Kathy works so hard here summarizing medical records. She knows more about our clients than they know about themselves! I have a feeling she prays over a few of them too. She is SUCH an amazing person and I am so blessed to have the opportunity to work with her! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATHY!!!

Started my day with a walk in this beautiful weather to clear my mind and stay healthy. I listened to a beautiful sermon...
10/14/2026

Started my day with a walk in this beautiful weather to clear my mind and stay healthy. I listened to a beautiful sermon focused on this scripture. One of my favorites. I feel like it's going to be a great day!

The October Social Security Disability Hearings...TWO no-shows so far! How do you not show up for a hearing? One client ...
10/13/2026

The October Social Security Disability Hearings...

TWO no-shows so far! How do you not show up for a hearing? One client has been missing for awhile but I was definitely expecting the other to be there. The Judges will issue a Show Cause Order and we will have an opportunity to explain their absence and request a new hearing date. If they don't respond, the Judge will likely issue a decision based on the evidence in the file since I showed up for each of their hearings. If I had not been present the Judge would just dismiss the cases. Some Judges will dismiss them anyway. We will see....

ONE was cancelled via an email from The Social Security Administration but we think we won on the record. We are still waiting on a decision. Fingers crossed.

ONE I asked for a continuance because I will be out of town. Both the client and Judge graciously agreed. Thank you :)

ONE is a Supplemental Hearing. We already had a hearing but then additional evidence was added to the file that we need to address so we had to ask for a Supplemental Hearing.

Unusual things happen sometimes and we have to adjust. Hopefully, the remaining 5 hearings will go nice and smooth with no unusual issues. I am hoping for Fully Favorable Decisions for them all. We love our clients and want every single person to win.

10/09/2026

It was SO quiet at the office today. We don't usually have client appointments on Friday so we can get caught up on paperwork. I lost count of the number of letters I signed but it was a lot! The team was just cranking out letter after letter. I am so thankful for them. I decided to give the team a day off Monday. It's a Federal Holiday which means the Social Security Administration will be closed, the banks will be closed, the Judicial Center will be closed and no mail will run. I feel like they DESERVE a day off. We will all be back in on Tuesday ready to go! Have a safe weekend!

10/07/2026

We got behind today and a few people had to wait and I feel terrible about it. We had seven appointments and I think I must have just talked too long in every one of them! It's never my intention to make people wait. We will do better tomorrow! Thank you to our very patient clients!

10/07/2026

What a day. It was productive and wonderful. If my Dad were here, I would tell him all about it but he's not...so I will share it with you.

We submitted briefs in three different cases to the Appeals Council for cases recently remanded from the United States District Court. I doubt the briefs will accomplish anything but I won't miss an opportunity to try. It would be life-changing for these clients if The Appeals Council responded in the way I hope. They do have the power to award benefits so I wanted to try. They will likely just issue their Remand Order telling the Administrative Law Judge to have another hearing and hopefully tell the Judge what to focus on the next time around. We will see.

We submitted a brief to the Appeals Council appealing an Unfavorable Decision a client received before meeting us. They were unrepresented at the hearing. I am very hopeful they will actually get a second chance.

We received two Fully Favorable decisions following recent hearings. One was a case we took in July of 2025 and represented at all levels. That is super-fast. The other was a case that has been appealed so many times and in so many ways and now it is FINALLY done. I was so happy to tell the attorney who referred this case!

Car wreck settlement checks arrived. That's always good. These were for an Underinsured Motorist claim. Underinsured Motorist coverage is VERY important coverage. Go check those policies tonight and be sure you have it. If not, call those agents tomorrow and add it. I know this family is thankful they had it!

That was all wonderful but here is the HIGHLIGHT of my day. HIGHLIGHT. I had a new client appointment with a very sweet family. We always ask how new clients found us. This family was referred by a Federal Judge from a different part of the State who I have never met. That absolutely made my day! I wanted to tell my Dad. I could almost hear how he would laugh and smile so big it would almost sound like he was crying and tell me how wonderful that was. I sure do miss him. It was a good day. I hope your day was a good one too.

10/05/2026

You know who I appreciate...it's Jada, our Financial Manager. She deals with ALL of the loose ends once a case is won or settled and there are almost always a good number of loose ends to deal with! When we win a case, it means her work on the case is just beginning.

If it's a Car Wreck injury case that settled, Jada gets to work figuring out who we owe and trying to get those claims reduced quickly. Our work isn't done just because an injury case settles. We do everything in our power to get the biggest recovery possible to our clients even after the settlement.

If it's a Social Security Disability case we won, sometimes we have to file a Fee Petition where we itemize all of the time we spent working on the case. That is a lot of work just creating that document and Jada does it well. Even if we don't have to file a Fee Petition, we have to wait for and study the Notices of Awards which contain all of the figures. They are usually correct but we still have to examine them carefully because once in awhile...they will be wrong which means...another appeal. 🤦‍♀️

Jada also types up our invoice letters every month. Let's get those invoices paid and give her a little break. :)

Her job is enormous and I REALLY appreciate the way she does all that she does...with excellence. Great Job Jada!

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