Daniel A. Bernath
Attorney at Law

Member United States Supreme Court Bar. Member California Bar

13500 SW Pacific PMB #202
Tigard, Oregon 97223
(503) 639 6666
ussyorktown@comcast.net

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

complaint to Oregon State Bar

Sue Leise~Hearing Office Director
Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
17th Floor ODS Tower
601 SW Second Avenue
Portland OR 97204-9701

My Social Security Number being transmitted outside of your office

Dear Director:

Often times I take over a case as attorney for a social security claimant when their file is already at the Office of Disability Adjudications and Review. On that SSA 1695 form, (so that SSA can make my payment directly into my bank account for attorney fees) I must give my Social Security number.

I have now been contacted by a component of the Social Security Administration that a SSA 1695 that I filed at ODAR has gone missing. From the evidence before me it appears that an ALJ in your office has sent a private Social Security number of a claimant across state lines in violation of all privacy laws and of your own regulations.

Dan Hyatt has stated that he will take retaliatory actions against me in the future (“I’ll give you attorney fees of $100 a case…I’ll continue your hearings five times if I want to.” etc.) As such, I fear that Dan Hyatt might misuse the SSA 1695 with my social security number affixed to it. I have constant assurances from SSA when I file the SSA 1695 that my social security number will be safeguarded but again, Dan Hyatt has already told me that he will retaliate against me and already my SSA 1695 has turned up “missing” after being filed in your office-an officer where Dan Hyatt works and has access to your nearly 10,000 cases waiting for hearing.

I have now identified TWO breaches of security at your office where a Social Security number of a claimant was sent across state lines anonymously by someone in your office to parties that were not cleared or briefed on the use of such an crucial item.

Now that we have identified at least two security breaches at your office, what assurances can you give me that Dan Hyatt or others will not have access to my social security number and SSA 1695 for possible misuse?

Respectfully,

 

Daniel A. Bernath

Daniel A. Bernath

Attorney at Law

 

Dan R.Hyatt
is a member of the Oregon Bar. 
He must be a member of the bar to be eligible to be an administrative law judge. 
He currently is employed by the Social Security Administration as an administrative law judge out of the Portland Oregon ODAR.

Official Documents--Dan Hyatt takes "government property, has a problem with interracial couples", exposes secret social security numbers to strangers of claimants, calls an attorney "an asshole", calls another attorney "a moron", Dan Hyatt is a "bald faced liar", misrepresents that he is a US District Court judge, uses intimidation, anger and verbal abuse against helpless Social Security disabled claimants, threatens disabled US veteran with assault, say privileged documents.


The following are complaints to the Oregon State Bar
or other privileged documents: