Monthly Archives: February 2016

Unfortunately, Florida has some of the longest processing times in the country. Due to recent statistics, they are as follows:   St. Petersburg, Clearwater: 522 days Orlando, Ocala: 541 days Tampa: 564 days Tallahassee: 575 days Jacksonville: 602 days Ft. Myers: 633 days Ft. Lauderdale: 643 days Miami: (Last of 163 offices) 694 days

 This was a issue that came up in one of our Tampa, Florida cases recently when an ALJ denied benefits and relied on his own opinion rather than the opinions of a treating physician.  The rule is that an ALJ cannot rely on his own opinion or even a (non-medical) lay opinion regarding medical matters.  This sword […]