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• Social Security Disability Claims
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• Cross-Examination of Medical Experts
• In-House Seminars

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• Social Security Administration News & Announcements
• AIG Under Scrutiny, Congress requests information on claims handling
• This Washington Post article should scare everyone who will eventually be counting on retirement benefits and Medicare in the future
• The North American Brain Tumor Coalition joins 90 other leading health care organizations in seeking the elimination of the Medicare waiting period
• Methods Detect Doctor's Lies
• Search Judge's Decisions
• Fibromyalgia News
• Dorothy Sims Featured in Marion Docket
• Congress Passes Defense Base Act Insurance Reforms
• Dorothy Clay Sims, Esq. is now a board member of the American Association for Justice Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group!
• Insurance Company Rules
• Missing Files Stretch VA Appeals Process

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Dorothy Sims

Ms Sims is the senior partner in the law firm of Sims & Stakenborg, P.A. with offices in Gainesville and Ocala, Florida.

Dorothy Clay Sims grew up in Owensboro, Kentucky, moving to Florida when she was 15. She attended the University of Florida and helped pay for her schooling with student loans and monies saved from waitressing at Steak & Shake and packing fruit. Read more...

Elizabeth Stakenborg

Elizabeth Stakenborg and Dorothy Sims manage the Social Security department for Sims & Stakenborg, P.A.

Liz grew up in Lexington, Illinois a small farming town in central Illinois. As a teenager she worked as a lifeguard and also "detassled corn." She attended undergraduate school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Liz graduated, met her husband, and moved to Canada where she lived for 10 years. Read more...

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FAQ's Social Security Disability (SSD)

• How long does the Social Security Disability application process take?
• Why does this process take so long?
• How can an attorney help me in obtaining my benefits?
• Why does the Social Security Administration keep sending me the same forms?
• What happens if I get an unfavorable decision from the Administrative Law Judge?
• Why do they keep denying my claim?
• How can I prevail in my Social Security Disability case if I don’t see the doctor?

Canes for Clients

Our firm is asking for donations for used assistive devices such as canes, walkers, wheelchairs and/or braces so that they can be recycled to our own clients and/or their families. While a patient may have a prescription for a cane… it doesn’t mean they can afford one.

We welcome these devices and ask that you reconsider before you throw anything like this away. Someone could, and will use it.

Canes and Clothing for Cubans

Our senior partner is collecting clothing and assistive devices (braces, canes, walkers, wheelchairs) to bring with her to Cuba when she travels to speak to the 2010 Neurorehabana Conference wherein she was asked to present on the effects of chronic pain. We welcome any donations of used assistive devices. Children’s clothing is also welcome.

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