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Join Date: Mar 2010
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 496
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ALJ hearings are different in each case. Sort of like fingerprints. From reading the various postings here from those who have gone through ALJ hearings, no 2 are the same.
My experience: It was obvious that the judge read my file the night before as he had tabbed certain sections of my thick file. Judge was fully prepared as he peppered me w/questions.
99% of the questions were directed at me, not my attorney.
There was a vocation expert at my hearing.
I had witnesses on my behalf who testified. They were peppered w/questions. I was asked to leave the room (*section) while witnesses testified.
My hearing was approximately 2 hours. 
My fully approval letter was in my hands within 30 days of my hearing. I received it 2 days before my attorney received his copy.
Tip:
Dress like you are going to court and/or church. In other words, dress appropriately. I was the picture of health, w/full makeup & dressed in a power suit at my hearing although I was on medication feeling miserable.
*My hearing was held in the lumber section of an empty Home Depot building.  At that time, NJ had a serious backlog of ALJ hearings - years!!! 
HTH 
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