United States Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel (OGC), Assistant Regional Counsel and SSA Special Assistant United States Attorney, Department of Justice: Defended the Social Security Administration in agency matters; prepared briefs, opinions, memorandums and agreements.  Assessed the decisions rendered by Administrative Law Judges.  If indefensible, prepared voluntary requests for remand to the Appeals Council that described the legal and factual deficiencies; defended the government in employment-related matters and issues; and, litigated disability cases in federal district court and the United States Court of Appeals.

United States Social Security Administration, Quality Assurance, Disability Quality Branch (DQB) Reviewer: Modified, reversed or affirmed decisions from state Disability Determination Services (DDS).  Returned deficient cases to DDS officials; identified case errors and explained federal requirements to state officials; obtained state compliance; examined national and regional disability statistical trends for program integrity and consistency; evaluated DDS performance, production and efficiency; worked on federal register comments for Social Security issues.   

St. Mary’s University School of Law, Civil Justice Clinic: Represented disabled claimants at Social Security Hearings and federal district court; wrote briefs, memorandums and winning motions.  Appealed unfavorable disability decisions with 100% success.  Served as resident disability expert to other law students. 

C & W Data Source, Inc., Founder: Represented claimants at Social Security Hearings; presented issues before judges; developed successful arguments to reverse unfavorable decisions.      

Disability Determination Services, Case Adjudication Specialist and Quality Assurance Specialist: Reviewed thousands of Social Security disability cases; identified adjudication problems, disability trends and program errors.  Reversed and returned deficient cases to DDS disability examiners with a rationale that described violations of Social Security disability law and requested corrective action.  Worked with state agency medical consultants, consultative physicians and vocational experts; evaluated the quality of consultative medical examinations.

Disability Determination Services, Senior Disability Examiner, and Continuing Disability Reviewer (CDR): Adjudicated thousands of disability cases at every administrative level.  Issued final decisions and findings of fact; examined volumes of medical and vocational evidence and prepared written decisional rationales and personalized denial notices.