Steve Hood graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1997, and has been practicing law for 12 years. While in law school, he was an extern for U.S. District Court Judge Cynthia Imbrogno, writing federal court decisions. After graduation, he worked for four years at the Social Security Administration. At the beginning of his employment with Social Security, he received three weeks of intensive training regarding the agency'as regulations and Rulings. For his first two years with Social Security, he wrote decisions for Administrative Law Judges in Denver, Colorado, where he learned how the hearing process works inside the nation's Offices of Hearings & Appeals.

Mr. Hood went on to work for two years at the Office of General Counsel in Seattle, Washington, where he wrote legal briefs defending ALJ decisions that had been appealed to the Federal District Court level. There, he was trained well in the federal case law regarding Social Security disability cases, and was well trained in issue spotting.

Since leaving the government, Mr. Hood has practiced law for 12 years both in Seattle and in Bellingham, Washington, focusing entirely on representing claimants seeking disability benefits. Representing clients has allowed him the opportunity to learn all the intricacies and difficulties of representing claimants at all levels of the application process.

As a solo practitioner, he understands that many attorneys simply don't have the time to commit to learning all the federal laws regarding disability, and don't have to time to commit to writing appellate briefs at the federal level.

Mr. Hood has two undergraduate degrees, one in English literature, and one in journalism. He was a reporter for two different college newspapers at WSU, and graduated Cum Laude.

Mr. Hood reads and watches movies, and is politically active with Washington Public Campaigns, which is a group trying to bring public-financed elections to Washington state.

Mr. Hood is a member of NOSSCR
(National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives)

Mr. Hood is a member of the  ACLU of Washington

Mr. Hood is a member of the  Washington Bar Association

He play's tennis, snow-sking, and like's to travel, he is also a writer.

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