Social Security Advisory Service

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Peter S. Young is a leading practitioner and writer in the Social Security field. He is a presenter of the popular Ninth Circuit annual seminar for experienced advocates, frequent lecturer at NOSSCR conferences, webmaster for the NOSSCR internet site, and universally respected by his peers.

Peter brings a detailed understanding of SSA programs to his writing. From 1975 to 1981 he worked for the Office of Hearings and Appeals, finishing his SSA career as the Senior Staff Attorney in the OHA western regional office. Webmaster for the www.ssas.com SSAS and www.nosscr.org NOSSCR web sites.

Robert C. Dawes is a private practitioner with the firm Dawes and Harriss, P.C. of Durango, Colorado. He has more than 25 years experience and is an active member of NOSSCR, Workers Compensation Education Association and many local and state bar and trial lawyer associations. He has been the publisher for the last seven years of Electronic Text Retrieval System, Inc., specializing in legal research materials in electronic format. He has presented many seminars in the areas of Social Security law and Workers' Compensation law.

E-mail - e-text[at]e-text.com
Web site - www.e-text.com/sslaw

J. Kevin Morton is a 1979 graduate of Davidson College.  Mr. Morton studied law at the UNC School of Law. He opened his law practice in Winston-Salem in 1985. For nineteen years, he has represented people with disabilities before the Social Security Administration, in the Federal District Courts and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Morton has been a DRC certified mediator since 1992 and has mediated numerous Workers' Compensation cases.

He is a member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimant's Representatives (NOSSCR) and the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (NCATL). He is an elder at Redeemer Presbyterian Church, serves on the Board of Redeemer School, and builds custom furniture when deadlines approach. He is married and has two children.

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