About Alexander O
Alexander O Bentsen earned his Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law in 2006. He emerged from law school at a time when administrative law and disability adjudication were drawing increasing attention from practitioners and the public alike. His legal training at Seton Hall grounded him in the procedural and evidentiary rules that govern hearings before administrative law judges.
He began practicing law after graduation and moved into work that brought him into regular contact with the Social Security Administration's adjudicative processes. Over the years he became an Appointed Representative recognized by the Social Security Administration's Office of Disability Adjudication and Review. That designation allows him to represent claimants before administrative law judges and to file necessary paperwork on their behalf.
Bentsen's day-to-day work centers on the mechanics of disability claims: preparing applications, assembling and interpreting medical records, and advocating at hearings. He spends much of his time reviewing medical and vocational evidence, preparing witnesses for testimony, and arguing for favorable determinations at the hearing level. His role often requires translating dense medical reports into plain language that judges and vocational experts can evaluate alongside regulatory criteria.
Colleagues and former clients describe him as methodical in his approach to case preparation. He tends to prioritize detailed file reviews and chronological medical summaries. That work can be painstaking. It is also crucial: administrative decisions turn on the linkage between medical findings and the regulatory definitions of disability. Bentsen navigates those technical standards routinely, and he drafts the procedural filings that move cases through the system.
Bentsen runs a practice under the name BentsenLaw. Through that office he continues to represent individuals pursuing disability benefits and handling appeals at various stages of review. He maintains his standing as an appointed representative and works directly with clients from the initial application through hearings. His current practice concentrates on guiding claimants through Social Security disability proceedings and related administrative appeals.
