Peel v. Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of Illinois, 110 S.Ct. 2281 (1990), disallows any state from prohibiting disclosure of NBTA certification.
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Social Security Disability Certification Standards
Every effort is made to insure that the information contained in this web document is up to date and accurate. In the event of any descrepancy between tthe material published on the web site and the printed forms disseminated from the NBTA home office,, the printed documents are authoritative.
- General Principles
- Certification Standards
- Recertification Standards
- Annual Reporting
- Denial or Revocation of Certification.
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Recertification Standards
- Good Standing and Period of Practice
- The applicant shall furnish evidence of his or her good standing in the state of his or her admission, or if admitted in more than one state, in the state of his or her principal practice.
- Immediately preceding application, the applicant must have spent five (5) years in the actual practice of Social Security Disability law.
- Substantial Involvement
- The applicant must make a satisfactory showing of substantial involvement relevant to Social Security Disability law. Specifically, at least thirty (30) percent of the applicant’s practice must be spent on social security disability law five (5) years prior to filing the application.
- The applicant must further demonstrate substantial involvement in specialized practice, by showing that he or she has performed the following within the applicant’s career:
- Appeared in no fewer than fifty (50) Social Security Disability Hearings;
- Filed no less than ten (10) appeals council briefs;
- Filed no less than five (5) briefs in United States District Court, OR
- A combination of hearings, appeals council brief filings and district court brief filings which demonstrates substantial involvement in social security disability practice equivalent to requirements (a) through (c) above as approved by the Standards Committee.
- Education Experience
- The applicant must demonstrate that he or she participated in and completed at least thirty-six (36) hours of educational activity, as set forth in Part C of the Certification Standards, during the five (5) years preceding recertification.
- Peer Review
- The applicant shall submit with application the names of six references, not present partners, associates, or relatives of the applicant. These references shall be substantially involved in the relevant field of social security disability law, and familiar with the applicant’s practice in that field. References satisfactory to the NBTA must be received from at least one administrative law judge and from at least two peer practitioners, opposing counsel at the federal court level, district court judges or additional administrative law judges.
- NBTA will solicit confidential statements from all persons listed as references and may solicit confidential statements of reference from other persons, familiar with the applicant’s practice, not specifically named by the applicant. All reference statements received will be reviewed by the NBTA to assess whether the applicant has demonstrated an enhanced level of skill and expertise in the practice area, integrity and consideration for the interests of clients.
- Disclosure of Misconduct
- The applicant shall comply with Part G of the certification Standards in the same manner as an applicant for certification.
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