Preparing to apply
Build the claim around the correct onset date, work history, treatment history, diagnoses, symptoms, and functional limits.
Atlanta Social Security disability law firm
Focused representation for SSDI and SSI claims.
The Law Office of Joel J. Humphries, P.C. represents people whose medical conditions keep them from sustaining full-time work. From an Atlanta office, Joel Humphries and his staff help claimants prepare applications, appeal denials, develop medical and vocational evidence, and get ready for hearings before Social Security administrative law judges.
Social Security Disability Law is all we do. Joel has worked exclusively in this field since 2011 and has represented thousands of claimants. The office combines careful file development with direct claimant education, regular follow-up, and detailed hearing preparation.
Most matters can be handled by telephone, email, mail, fax, or secure upload. When an administrative hearing is necessary, your attorney prepares you for the questions, the evidence, and the vocational issues that may decide the claim.
Representation at every stage
Where are you in the disability process?
Recently denied
Protect the appeal deadline and identify what needs to be corrected or developed instead of simply starting over.
Waiting for a hearing
Prepare testimony, update medical evidence, analyze past work, and address the vocational expert’s role.
Working or trying to return
Understand how earnings, work attempts, subsidies, and Social Security work incentives may affect the case.
Unsure whether SSDI or SSI applies
Learn how insured status, work credits, income, resources, and concurrent claims fit together.
Looking for a Georgia disability lawyer
Evaluate focus, experience, communication, evidence development, and hearing preparation.
We are here for you.
CALL US ANYTIME/ANYDAY...24/7. Social Security Disability Law is all we do. Our legal staff has successfully handled thousands of Social Security Benefits cases. We are here to help you and your loved ones when you need it the most...when winning means EVERYTHING.
We come to you.
Most cases can be initiated and completely handled over the phone with relevant supporting documents being faxed, mailed, emailed, or securely uploaded to us. Our experienced legal staff prepares, skillfully organizes, and submits your individual file for optimal outcome. We also do close follow-up, keep you updated on progress, and request additional documentation as needed.
For cases that require an Administrative Hearing, your attorney carefully prepares you and represents you at the hearing.
We only get paid when YOU win.
You will never be charged an upfront attorney fee. Our law office generally receives an attorney fee only when your Social Security disability claim is successful, subject to Social Security Administration approval and the terms of the representation agreement. Timeliness and real-time feedback are key essentials embedded in our day-to-day operations.
Clear answers from a focused practice
Detailed guides for Georgia disability claimants.
SSDI lawyer in Atlanta
Work credits, insured status, past-due benefits, and proof of disability under Title II.
SSI lawyer in Atlanta
Need-based disability benefits, income and resource rules, and concurrent claims.
Appealing a denial
Reconsideration, administrative hearings, Appeals Council review, and federal court.
Medical evidence
How treatment records, testing, medical opinions, and functional evidence fit together.
Date last insured
Why an SSDI claimant may need to prove disability before a particular date.
Vocational expert testimony
How past work, transferable skills, and hypothetical questions affect a hearing.
Atlanta office · Georgia-focused service
A local office with broad Social Security experience.
The office is located in downtown Atlanta at 235 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 400. Claimants may be served without repeatedly traveling to the office because many communications and document exchanges can occur remotely. In-person meetings are available by arrangement.
Joel is licensed in Georgia and North Carolina. Social Security administrative representation may also be available for appropriate claims outside those states. The website’s local pages are designed for Georgia claimants and do not suggest that the office maintains physical locations in cities where it does not.
When winning means everything
Talk with an Atlanta Social Security disability lawyer.
Call about an application, denial, appeal, hearing, or deadline. Do not send a Social Security number through the website form.
