As legislators argue about how to best "fix" Social Security, one of the repeated problems plaguing the system is the disability backlog. For most applicants, even a review of the initial application can take 3 to 5 months, with approximately 70 percent of those...
Some criminal charges are the result of a months-long investigation. Others happen after a victim or witness calls 9-1-1 for help or to report a crime. Many, however, happen quickly, simply, and without warning following a routine traffic stop. If you have been...
No one will disagree that parenting can be hard work. Although most parents would not trade their children for anything, even the best parents in the happiest families will agree that sometimes being a parent is challenging and stressful. Unfortunately, not everyone...
On their Facebook page, the Oklahoma City Police Department released surveillance video from a local Walmart store in hopes that the public can help them identify a man suspected of car burglary and credit card fraud. Police say the man broke into a vehicle in early...
The United States Constitution grants states the right to self-govern in many cases. Each state has its own criminal code, and any violation of the statutes therein is a state offense subject to prosecution in the state courts. The Oklahoma criminal court system is...
Recent years have seen the pendulum swing in the “war on drugs” that began in the 1970’s and reached fervor pitch in the 1980’s. Last summer, Attorney General Eric Holder proclaimed that the United States Justice Department would no longer...
In Oklahoma, the leading cause of accidental death, traditionally, has been motor vehicle accidents. In recent years, accidental poisoning-largely from drug overdose-has challenged auto accidents as the top cause of unintentional death, but across most age groups, car...
Embezzlement is a white collar crime that can be charged as either a state crime or a federal offense depending upon who is the victim of the crime. In general, the state of Oklahoma will prosecute embezzlement that occurs within the borders of the state, unless the...
There are many mistakes people commonly make when filing a claim for Social Security Disability benefits, but not hiring an attorney may be the biggest mistake of all. With up to 75 percent of all applications for disability benefits initially denied, and with the...
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is a program of the Social Security Administration (SSA) designed to provide benefits to American workers who have become temporarily or permanently disabled and are unable to work. Employees pay into Social Security through...
