Kaye Scholer Honored by The Legal Aid Society For Its Representation of the Disabled
October 23, 2007
Kaye Scholer was honored on October 23, 2007 as one of the recipients of The Legal Aid Society's 2007 Pro Bono
Awards for outstanding service to The Legal Aid Society and its
clients. The firm is being recognized for its many years of successful pro bono
representation at administrative hearings by dozens of our lawyers, who
have successfully obtained Federal Supplemental Security Income awards
for Legal Aid's clients with disabilities.
For more than ten years, Kaye Scholer has represented physically and/or
mentally disabled children and adults in administrative hearings before
the Social Security Administration and in appeals of unfavorable
decisions in federal court. Acting as advocates for their clients, our
lawyers analyze case files and medical records, interview and prepare
clients for direct testimony, prepare prehearing briefs and represent
clients in hearings before an administrative law judge, often involving
the cross-examination of medical and vocation experts.
Kaye Scholer has designed a system whereby each case is staffed by two
associates, including summer associates, and supervised by a senior
associate and a partner mentor. In the summer of 2007, fifteen summer
associates, under the supervision of more senior attorneys, represented
eight clients seeking disability benefits. Kaye Scholer represented
clients ranging from a 7-year-old child suffering from mental
retardation, behavioral disorders and physical impairments, to a
51-year-old woman suffering from mental and physical disabilities, in
administrative hearings throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx and
Queens.