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Attorney Profile GILBERT B. LADEN
Gil Laden is a nationally respected authority on Social Security disability law and has represented thousands of disabled individuals in his over 30 years of law practice. He has been certified as a specialist in Social Security Disability Law by the National Board of Social Security Disability Advocacy, as acknowledged by the Alabama State Bar. He is a Sustaining Member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR). He has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers® Edition 2008, which recognizes about 5 percent of lawyers statewide. Gil Laden has been a speaker at numerous seminars at national and local levels in the area of Social Security disability law.
He is active in his community and has served as president of several boards. He has received numerous awards, including being recognized as Pro Bono Attorney of the Year in 2007 by the Alabama State Bar. A native of Mobile, Alabama, Gil attended Emory University (B.A. Chemistry 1972) and graduated from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University (J.D. 1977). He served indigent clients as a staff attorney with Georgia Legal Services from 1977 to 1979. It
was there that he first recognized the need for adequate representation
of clients in their claims for Social Security disability benefits. Gil has lived with a severe-to-profound hearing loss since birth. He received his first hearing aid at the age of six and underwent several years of speech therapy. Although he suffered difficulties in adjusting to his hearing loss, he went on to graduate from Mobile’s public school system and earn degrees both in chemistry and law. He has engaged in the solo practice of law since 1980, concentrating in the area of Social Security disability law, where his first-hand knowledge and experience in living with a disability result in a personal understanding of the difficulties his clients have experienced.
CERTIFICATIONS Board Certified as a Social Security Disability Advocate by the National Board of Social Security Disability Advocacy AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell “CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.”
BAR ADMISSIONS Southern District of Alabama Northern District of Florida Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Bar Association State Bar of Georgia Alabama State Bar, including Disabilities Law Section, Chairperson, 1998-1999;
Member, 1996-2003 Mobile Bar Association, including Domestic Relations Committee, 1988-1990 Courthouse Committee, 1989-1990 Lawyer Referral Committee, 1989-1990 Social Security Section, 1993-Present; Chairperson, 1993-1995 Board of Directors, Volunteer Lawyers Program, 1990-Present; President,
2000-2002; Treasurer, 2008– Sustaining member, National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR)
REPORTED CASES
McCants v. Astrue, 493 F.Supp. 2d 1217 (S.D. Ala. 2007) Lamb v. Astrue, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 95775 (S.D. Ala. 2007) Hatton v. Astrue, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57671 (S.D. Ala. 2007) Hall v. Astrue, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 95776 (S.D. Ala. 2007) Canfield v. Astrue, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57670 (S.D. Ala. 2007) Bumpus v. Astrue, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57676 (S.D. Ala. 2007) Thompson v. Barnhart, 493 F.Supp. 2d 1206 (S.D. Ala. 2006) Lumpkin v. Barnhart, 485 F.Supp. 2d 1270 (S.D. Ala. 2006) Gulsby v. Barnhart, 430 F.Supp. 2d 1251 (S.D. Ala. 2005) Thomas v. Barnhart, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 28807 (11th Cir. 2004) Sellers v. Barnhart, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23750 (S.D. Ala. 2004) Saylor v. Barnhart, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23551 (N.D. Fla. 2004) Fuller v. Barnhart, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23659 (S.D. Ala. 2004) Cooper v. Barnhart, 345 F.Supp. 2d 1309 (S.D. Ala. 2004) James v. Barnhart, 261 F.Supp. 2d 1368 (S.D. Ala. 2003) Coleman v. Barnhart, 264 F.Supp. 2d 1007 (S.D. Ala. 2003) Robinson v. Massanari, 176 F.Supp. 2d 1278 (S.D. Ala. 2001) Lewis v. Massanari, 176 F.Supp. 2d 1283 (S.D. Ala. 2001) Ezell v. Massanari, 180 F.Supp. 2d 1306 (S.D. Ala. 2001) Crooker v. Apfel, 114 F.Supp. 2d 1251 (S.D. Ala. 2000) Smith v. Apfel, 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20467 (S.D. Ala. 1999) Miller v. Apfel, 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11726 (S.D. Ala. 1999) Davis v. Apfel, 81 F.Supp. 2d 1289 (S.D. Ala. 1999) Berger v. Apfel, 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18302 (S.D. Ala. 1999) Alford v. Apfel, 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10179 (S.D. Ala. 1999) Washam v. Apfel, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11185 (S.D. Ala. 1998) Browning v. Apfel, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16486 (S.D. Ala. 1998) Richardson v. Apfel, 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17555 (S.D. Ala. 1997)
HONORS AND AWARDS G. Marie Daniels Leadership Award, Mobile Bar Association (2007) Pro Bono Award, Alabama State Bar (2007) Volunteer Lawyer of the Year, Mobile Bar Association (2006) Service to Mankind Award, Azalea City Sertoma Club (1990) J.C. Penney Golden Rule Award / Certificate of Appreciation (1990) M.O. Beale Scroll of Merit (1989)
PRESENTATIONS (SELECTED) “Social Security Disability Law: Where Does a Treating Psychiatrist Fit In?” Mobile
Bay Psychiatric Society, Mobile, Alabama, 2008 “Presenting and Proving a Mental Disability Case,” and “How to Advocate and Win a Case Based on Pain,” Stetson University College of Law, Clearwater
Beach, Florida, 2007 “OTRs: Win Early and Win Often,” National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR), Boston, Massachusetts, 2006 “Handling a Social Security Disability Claim in Alabama,” National Business Institute,
Mobile, Alabama, 2004 “Why and What I Need to Know About Social Security Law,” Women Lawyers
Section, Mobile Bar Association, Mobile, Alabama, 2002 “Vocational Implications of SSR 00-4p,” Fifth Circuit Social Security Seminar,
Biloxi, Mississippi, 2002 “Don’t Gamble on Your Client’s Testimony,” National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR), Las Vegas, Nevada,
2001 “Tips From The Hall,” Social Security Section of The Georgia Trial Lawyer Associates,
Atlanta, Georgia, 2001 “The User Fee Requires a More Efficient Office,” National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR), Orlando, Florida,
2000 “Insights Into Social Security Disability Law For The Physician,” Mobile Infirmary Medical Center/University of South Alabama Medical Center,
Mobile, Alabama, 1998 “Social Security Law As It Impacts Domestic Relations Cases,” Mobile Bar Association,
Mobile, Alabama, 1997
“Vocational Experts and Physicians: How Their Testimony Can Make or Break Your Case,” Alabama Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1997 |
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