Articles by Brendan Conley

Article published on how Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage decision affects the legal field

December 16, 2013

An article I wrote has been published in the December 2013 issue of Bigger Law Firm: A Magazine for Attorneys, on how the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision striking down [...]

Citizens protest proposed cuts in Social Security

November 19, 2013

Citizens gathered in front of the White House November 14 to protest proposed cuts in Social Security and other government benefits that would affect people with [...]

Social Security benefits to rise 1.5 percent in 2014

November 13, 2013

The Social Security Administration announced that Social Security benefits, including retirement, Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income benefits, will rise [...]

60 Minutes airs a one-sided report on disability

October 8, 2013

The media can’t seem to put together a fair story on Social Security disability benefits. First, This American Life got it wrong, and now 60 Minutes has aired a [...]

How the government shutdown will affect Social Security disability benefits and claims

October 2, 2013

Speaker of the House John Boehner addresses the House of Representatives Sept. 30, 2013 On October 1, 2013, non-essential services of the federal government were shut down, [...]

The Colbert Report defends recipients of disability benefits

September 25, 2013

The Colbert Report took aim last week at the media’s crusade against recipients of disability benefits. While inequality has been rising for 40 years, two government [...]

Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy

September 9, 2013

I am a contributor to a recently published book, Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy: Helping People Build Cooperatives, Social Enterprise, and Local Sustainable Economies. [...]

Senate bill would reduce delay in SSDI benefits for the terminally ill

August 6, 2013

Senator John Barrasso Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Senate to eliminate the current five-month waiting period for Social Security Disability [...]

The Social Security disability trust fund is not in crisis

July 24, 2013

As has been widely reported, the federal trust fund for the Social Security Disability Insurance program will be exhausted by 2016 if no action is taken. This has prompted [...]

Social Security Administration has an extremely low error rate

July 14, 2013

In June the Social Security Administration’s Office of the Inspector General reported that the agency erroneously paid $31 million to 1,546 beneficiaries who had died. [...]

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