COOFIA Board of Directors
COOFIA - Organization
Board of Directors - COOFIA Board Membership
Dr. Zabian Crosby, D.H.Ed. Board Chairman
Administration - Program Volunteers
Emory Long, J.D.
Disability Services Director/ Advocate / Claim Representative
Mark Stuart Vaughan, B.A. MOD
Disability Technologies Analyst
Robert A. Points
Clerk, Family and Civil Services
June Waara (Elite Document Services)
Legal Document Assistant (LDA) Financial Services and Planning, TransAmerica
John Paul Sawtell (Elite Document Services)
Process Server/LDA
Grace Solis
Licensed Private Investigator
Ray Garcia
State of California EDD, Retired
Disabled Veterans Representative (DVOP) / Veterans Rights Advocate
About Disability Fraud
According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), less than 1% of all disability payments can be attributed to fraud. Up to 65% of all initial claims for Social Security Disability payments are denied. Less than 5% of all claims appealed in federal court are reversed. The Central California Valley has the highest denial rate of claims in the United States: Fresno, California has only a 44% approval rate at the Administrative Law Judge Hearing (touted as the stage with the best chance of winning a claim). And, of all administrative law judges in Central California, ALJ William C. Thompson, Jr., has the lowest approval rate of them all- less than 30% of the cases brought before Judge Thompson are approved for benefits...