Judith L Mathis

Ms. Mathis has been a partner in Mathis & Mathis, The Disability Advocates since 1990, representing Social Security claimants at all levels of appeal. In more recent years, her focus has been on Federal court appeals, where she has fought successfully to overturn the improper denial decisions of Social Security ALJ's and its Appeals Council. Ms. Mathis graduated from the George Mason University School of Law in 1986, where she was a member of the Law Review. She is a member of the bars of Virginia and Maryland, as well as the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. In association with other attorneys around the country, she has also represented many claimants in other federal district courts. The primary focus of the firm is in establishing entitlement to disability benefits. Ms. Mathis has pursued other Social Security related issues in federal court, such as establishing the rights of statutorily blind claimants to a more favorable computation of benefits. Ms. Mathis also represents disabled claimants who are seeking federal or state disability retirement, as well as private long term disability benefits. Prior to entering the firm in 1990, Ms. Mathis was a trial attorney for the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice and the Solicitors Office of the United States Department of Labor. Her experience includes litigation of employment discrimination and disability issues as a government attorney. Ms. Mathis is a member of the Legal Advisory Board of the National Capitol Multiple Sclerosis Society and she is a frequent lecturer on disability issues for the MS Society and other impairment related support groups.

• Partner

• United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Trial Attorney
• The United States Department of Labor, Solicitor's Office

• Virginia, 1986
• Maryland, 1997
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

• National Capitol Multiple Sclerosis Society (Member, Legal Advisory Board)