Maurice Maitland
Attorney at Law
Connecticut
CT
About
Before starting this firm, Mr. Maitland was a public servant Disability Appeals office of the City of New York representing claimants before federal administrative law judges in the five boroughs of New York City. Atty Maitland was based in Manhattan. Atty Maitland worked as of counsel to several private law firm including Black and Pennington Law Office, PC, and Disability Group, PC.
With over 12 years’ legal experience in the state, federal and government agencies, Mr. Maitland’s practice now focuses… read more primarily on Social Security claims appeals, immigration, police brutality, and criminal cases.
Mr. Maitland is a current Committee Member of the Federal Bar Association and Connecticut Bar Associations. Mr. Worthington graduated with honors with a B.A. from the City University of of New York -City College with Phi Betta Kappa, and received his J.D. from the Western Michigan University /Cooley. Atty Maitland is a graduate of the Savla Mar high school, an adventist institution.
experience
Practice Areas
Work History
North Bronx Seventh-day Adventist Church,
Religious Liberty Leader
Mar 2024 - Present
-Serve as a member of the church board promoting religious freedom in the local community. Provide educational opportunities to church members as well as free legal consultation.
-Provide Pro Bono services to church members.
CUNY Citizenship Now! Immigration Project,
Supervising Attorney
Mar 2007 - Present
CUNY Citizenship Now! Immigration Project attorney supervisor
City Of New York/Department Of Social Services/Disability Appeals Unit,
Authorized Representative
Mar 1996 - Mar 2021
Review individual claims for disability benefits under the provisions of Title II and Title XVI of the Social Security Act; Evaluate the basis for the claim after interviewing clients, examining complex medical reports from physicians, hospitals, and medical labs as well as vocational information in view of the claimant#39s disability, age, education, and work history; Clarify any issues by face
New York City Human Resources Administration, Child Support
Enforcement Representative
May 2017 - Dec 2017
Enforcing family court –ordered child support; Review and respond to challenges; mistake of fact claims; correspondence; case analysis; Ensure that employers comply with terms of income executions (garnish non-custodial parents’ salaries). Ensure that all available enforcement mechanisms are utilized when payments are not willingly made; Maintain and update the Child Support Management System
Social Security Disability & Immigration Advocates, LLC.
Lead Attorney
Mar 2014 - Dec 2017
- Administrator and lead attorney for company. Filings with USCIS, Representation at Interviews, Representation before the Immigration Court, and Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals.
- Social Security and Immigration Appeals-planning appeals strategy, legal research and analysis preparing
memorandum of law.
Law Office of Maurice David Maitland, Esq.,
Sole Proprietorship of Law
Mar 2006 - Mar 2017
Professional representation in federal administrative proceedings as an attorney for indigent claimants seeking federal benefits including non-citizen benefits: (1) represent claimants at the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review of the Social Security Administration (SSA); (2) Annuity benefits, Railroad Retirement Board Appeals; and (3) Immigration benefits,(Executive Office for Immigratio