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Joel Friedman and Patricia Jerome Stewart, one of the firm's former partners, represent people with claims for Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) claims. They help adults who are sick or who have been injured and can no longer work. Mr. Friedman and Ms. Stewart represent children with serious medical and psychological problems, to help them with their claims for childhood SSI benefits.
Jerome, Gibson, Stewart, Friedman, Stevenson, Engle & Runbeck Social Security lawyers have successfully represented claimants with
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back and neck injuries
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fibromyalgia
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| depression, anxiety, and stress |
chronic fatigue (CFIDS) |
| head and brain injuries |
neuropathy |
| toxic exposures |
rheumatoid arthritis |
| heart attacks |
osteoarthritis - osteoporosis |
| cardiovascular disease |
diabetes |
| hypertension - high blood pressure |
Lupus and other autoimmune diseases |
| reflex sympathetic dystrophy |
HIV-related diseases and AIDS |
| kidney diseases |
liver disorders |
We have worked with many different medical specialists and psychologists, and Mr. Friedman has presented educational lectures on psychological disabilities at national Social Security conferences. Mr. Friedman also represents clients with cases involving
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retirement benefits (for business owners and employees)
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| survivors' benefits (children, widows, widowers) |
| dependents' benefits |
Mr. Friedman and Ms. Stewart have more than 50 years combined experience with Social Security claims, especially at hearings with Administrative Law Judges. Mr. Friedman presents cases to the Social Security Appeals Council, and he has represented hundreds of clients at the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, as well as at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Mr. Friedman sometimes accepts clients for court appeals who did not have a lawyer, or whose lawyer - representative will not or cannot file a court appeal.
Mr. Friedman is available for consultation and co-counsel arrangements with other lawyers, accountants, and professionals who have clients with questions about or problems with Social Security cases.
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