Don’t re-victimize Eric Conn’s clients. Social Security should allow time for them to get their records.

By Herald-Leader editorial board

September 26, 2018 07:02 AM

 

The Social Security Administration was slow to halt corruption within its own ranks, but has been eager to penalize Kentuckians who were victimized by their crooked, now-imprisoned lawyer, Eric Conn, and the Social Security judge who pocketed Conn’s bribes.

A new round of redetermination hearings has begun for almost 2,000 former Conn clients. The SSA should delay the hearings until the outcome of two things are known:

▪ The discovery earlier this year of thousands of records at Conn’s office that might help clients prove they were disabled when they were approved for benefits — if only they could gain access to their files.

Read more here: https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/editorials/article219000630.html#story…

Last updated on .

Table of Contents

    NEWS

    News & publications

    The news about recent activities for needed peoples.

    More News

    23 Apr 2025

    AppalReD Legal Aid Files Brief Before U.S. Supreme Court in Black Lung Case

    Prestonsburg, KY – AppalReD Legal Aid proudly announces that its Advocacy…

    Continue Reading

    17 Apr 2025

    Meet the Fellows in the Opioid Crisis Response Program

    Equal Justice Works is proud to announce the 2025 cohort of Fellows in the…

    Continue Reading