Jacqueline S. Drucker

OF COUNSEL
Administrative Law Judge (retired)

I recently joined Medlegal Disability in 2011 in order to provide my expertise using the knowledge I have gained as an Administrative Law Judge for Social Security and my decades of experience as a staff attorney for Social Security.

I was a full time Administrative Law Judge with Social Security from May 1994 to October, 2004 when I retired after 23 years of federal service.  My ALJ number is #1840.  Subsequently, I was re-employed as a part-time (senior) ALJ, from May 2005 until August 2006.

As a Social Security ALJ, I heard and decided cases arising under the Social Security Act.  These cases involved disability, overpayments, family status, and Medicare.  I dealt with appellants, attorney and non-attorney representatives, and witnesses including medical experts, vocational experts, and lay witnesses. I have heard and decided cases of all levels of difficulty.  I also mentored several newly hired ALJ’s as they were assigned to the office where I worked.

In May 1990, I was selected as a California State administrative law judge, (ALJ), first, for a year with Cal OSHA, then, after another year of private practice, as an ALJ with the Unemployment Appeals Board and then the Department of Social Services, Medi-Cal division, a job I left in May 1994.

From 1982 to 1987 and from 1988 to 1990, I held supervisory attorney advisor positions in two Offices of Hearings and Appeals.  In the interim, I worked, briefly, for the U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration Naturalization Service, as a trial attorney (GS-14), and was in the private practice of law, representing claimants for Social Security and SSI disability benefits, at all levels of appeals including the Federal Court.

I was an attorney advisor (GS 9-12) with the Social Security Administration Office of Hearings and Appeals from 1976 until 1982.  I analyzed cases, prepared pre-hearing summaries of the cases, and drafted decisions following the directions of the ALJ’s. I also served as trainer for attorney advisors hired in Region IX from 1977 to 1986

Education:

I graduated from Wayne State University, in 1954, with a B.A. in education.  I graduated from Western State University law school, in 1975 with a J.D.  I was admitted to the California Bar in 1975.  I have maintained active Bar membership since that time.  My Bar number is 066444.

Honors, Awards and Publications:

In law school, I was Book Review Editor of the Law Review. I was on the initial West Social Security Law Reporter Editorial Advisory Committee.  As an ALJ with CalOSHA, I co-wrote the program handbook, Handling the Social Security Case for Continuing Legal Education (CEB) for the California State Bar; and served as a panel member in four continuing legal education classes.

I addressed NOSSCR, the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives, four times. I twice led the Los Angeles County Bar Association continuing legal education sessions on Social Security law.  I taught administrative law at the University of LaVerne College of Law, and the University of California, Riverside, in the evening paralegal programs at various times.

Areas Served: We handle Social Security disability claims for claimants from Palm Springs and surrounding areas. Counties: Riverside, San Bernardino. Cities: Adelanto, Apple Valley, Banning, Barstow, Beaumont, Blythe, Cathedral City, Chino, Chino Hills, Coachella, Colton, Corona, Desert Hot Springs, Fontana, Hemet, Hesperia, Highland, Indio, La Quinta, Lake Elsinore, Loma Linda, Menifee, Montclair, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Norco, Ontario, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Perris, Rancho Cucamonga, Redlands, Rialto, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Jacinto, Temecula, Twentynine Palms, Upland, Victorville, Yucaipa, Yucca Valley.