Video Hearings

Increasingly, the Social Security Administration is conducting hearings by video. Whether or not this makes sense in your case is a matter to discuss with your attorney. Sometimes, your lawyer’s familiarity with the local judges outweighs any possible benefit of a slightly quicker hearing date with a judge from another part of the country via a video teleconference. Generally, the ability to be in the same room with the judge creates a better opportunity for full and fair hearing than a video teleconference.