Win for CLC Students and Their Client

Win for CLC Students and Their Client 3
Sabrina Forte ’14
Win for CLC Students and Their Client 2
Cody Venzke ’15

In the first Social Security Income hearing of the quarter, Community Law Clinic students Sabrina Forte ’14 and Cody Venzke ’15 won a favorable bench decision for their client. At the hearing, the Administrative Law Judge found that the client had severe impairments stemming from a 1991 trauma and that these impairments prevented her from working full-time. The Judge based her decision on the clinic’s hearing brief and medical records that Cody and Sabrina obtained in the weeks prior to the hearing. As a result of their victory, their client will receive nearly two years of benefits dating from May 2012, ongoing monthly supplemental income payments, and Medicaid coverage.