H. Brian Peck
Brian has a diversified practice that includes all aspects of business law from business formation and continued compliance, negotiation and enforcement of contracts, corporate and commercial banking transactions, employee and shareholder/partner member relations and succession planning.
Brian is experienced in all aspects of commercial and residential real estate sales representing buyers and sellers from making the initial offer to purchase through closing. Brian is also experienced in analyzing and resolving lien and title issues.
Brian also has a rapidly growing practice in estate planning and estate probate or administration. Brian’s primary objective is to cultivate with his clients an awareness of what their estate planning options are – tailored to their specific family situations, to prepare the required estate planning documentation, and to be there to advise and assist his clients and their families when needed. Brian and members of the firm are also routinely involved in all aspects of the probate or administration of decedent’s estates.
Brian and the firm represent claimants in Social Security disability claims from the initial application through appeals to the United States District Court. The firm’s success in representing claimants is based primarily on scrupulous attention to collecting and submitting complete medical records to support claims and pro-active assessment and advocacy of the claimant at successive levels of appeal.
The firm’s small size is an asset in terms of the direct delivery of highly personalized legal services. The firm gives clients frequent and prompt information about their legal concerns and direct access to the attorney. The firm utilizes state-of –the- art computer systems to provide clients with high quality legal work at a reasonable cost.
Areas of Practice
Banking and Finance Law
Business and Commercial Law
Business Formations, corporations, partnerships, LLC’s, LLP’s
Commercial-Landlord/Tenant Law
Consulting
Contracts
Elder Law
Employment Law
Estate Plans
Health and Healthcare Law
Landlord/Tenant (Commercial) Leases
Oil & Gas Rights
Probate and Estate Administration
Power of Attorneys
Residential and Commercial Real Estate Purchase/Sale
Social Security Disability
Wills and Trusts
Bar Admissions
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1984
U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 1984
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Pennsylvania , 1984
U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, 1984
Education
Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, PA, 1984
Juris Doctorate
University of Pittsburgh, 1974
Masters in Public and International Affairs
Denison University, 1972
Bachelor of Arts
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association, Member
- Allegheny Bar Association, Member
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member
- Washington County Bar Association, Member
- National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR) – Member
- Westminster Presbyterian Church, Ordained Elder
- South Hills Interfaith Ministries (SHIM) – Former Director and Legal Counsel
- Peters Township, Chamber of Commerce Member
- South Hills Quad Chamber of Commerce (Peters Twp., Upper St Clair Twp., South Hills (Bethel Park and Bridgeville) Former President, Board of Directors
- Allegheny County Bar Association – Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section Newsletter Former Editor
- Boy Scouts of America
- Former Member of the Board of the Greater Pittsburgh Council
- Troop 366, Westminster Presbyterian Church – Adult leader
Candace Peck
Candace has over 30 years of experience processing, adjudicating, and administering Social Security and SSI claims and representing people in Social Security Hearings.
Candace can help you file your claim for Social Security/SSI Disability benefits, or pursue an appeal of a denied claim for benefits filed with the Social Security Administration. She has many years of specialized experience and training geared to know the ins and outs of the tangle of the Social Security Disability Programs. She understands the levels of severity that an impairment or combination of impairments must meet in order to establish eligibility for disability benefits.
Filing for disability can be very frustrating because the questions are very intimidating and personal. Many people do not provide enough detailed information during their initial claims interview about their medical and vocational history to give the disability examiner a clear picture of their disability and inability to work.
Disability examiners are judged by the average time that they process their cases to completion. So there is a pressure to meet the time tolerance for each claim that crosses their desk. In order to meet that target, an examiner will make a decision in a disability claim when the evidence received shows that the person does or does not meet the listing requirement for the alleged impairment. An examiner does not have to wait for every requested medical report to be received. He/she only has to show that he/she waited a reasonable amount of time and a reasonable effort was made to obtain the evidence.
A representative or advocate has the advantage of examining a case and seeing the missing pieces and providing those so as to convince the Administrative Law Judge or adjudicator of the convincing evidence in the case.
Candace has received many hours of training on questioning techniques and on the information examiners are looking for in the different body systems in determining whether a person meets disability eligibility criteria.
Years of experience given her an edge in evaluating medical evidence, work history and educational background in being able present your case to your best advantage.
Education
University of Redlands, BA, 1972
Experience and Area of Practice
Social Security Administration
16 years as claims representative and technical expert with the Social Security Administration.
Title II (Disability) and Title XVI (Supplement al Security Income)
H. Brian Peck & Associates, 2007 to present
Certified for Payment as Non-Attorney Representative
Professional Associations and Memberships
- National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR) – Member
- National Notary Association – Notary Public