Free Disability Seminar Tuesday Night

Just a reminder that we are hosting a free seminar about Social Security Disability and SSI benefits at the Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road in Halls.

The seminar begins at 6:00 p.m. and should last about an hour. Please call 865-522-9000 with questions.

1,047,700 Tennesseeans Receive Social Security Benefits

An interesting statistic from SSA. However, only 163,300 receive disability.

See the entire statistical sheet here.

SSAs Medicare Website

The Medicare prescription plan (Part D) is supposed to begin November 15, 2005. The choices of care are dizzying.

Medicare.gov has recently posted a site to help guide you through the various choices available to you.

Click here to be taken to the site.

Social Security Increases Benefits

Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits for more than 52 million Americans will increase 4.1 percent in 2006, the Social Security Administration announced Friday.

Read the full story here.

Most Popular Baby Names

Each year, SSA publishes a list of the most popular baby names. Here is the list for 2004.

Apparently, we aren't as popular as we used to be.

Joel came in this year at 125.
Edwin came in at 173.

Free Social Security Disability Seminar in Halls

Cannon & Anderson are hosting a free educational seminar covering Social Security Disability/SSI benefits, and the application process.

The seminar will be held at the Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road.

The seminar starts at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 and should last a little over an hour. Call us at 865/522-9000 for more information.

New Cannon & Anderson Commercials On the Air!

Staring in September, three new commercials are running on Comcast Cable in Knox County. We are continuing to run our original spot, too.

Our new commercials are:

"Without a Lawyer"
"Five-Step Process"
"Seminars"

You can look for us on the following channels:

FOX News
The Weather Channel
Court T.V.
T.V. Land
Nick at Nite and
A & E

Our spots will also run periodically during the ESPN Sunday Night Football games. Let us know what you think!

How Soon? An Update

Two of my clients' cases were set for hearing this week. Both hearings will be on 11/15/2005 at the Knoxville OHA.

Client #1's Request for Hearing was filed 9/14/2004.
Client #2's Request for Hearing was field 8/17/2004.

The older case is an SSI only case. I don't know if that has anything to do with the scheduling.

As I see it, the OHA is currently running 14 to 15 months to have hearings scheduled.