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I'm Tate. I founded Bay Area Disability in 2014 with one overriding objective: to help as many deserving people with disabilities as possible win their claims for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Benefits - and do it with compassion, grace, and empathy. Over my nearly twelve years of SSDI-focused practice and hard-fought experience, my mission has evolved and crystallized: I aim to be the foremost small-business/boutique Social Security Disability attorney in the country.

 

I am a disability attorney. It's not just what I do, but it's my passion and a big part of who I am. I represent people with disabilities - all different types of disabilities, all walks of life - throughout the country. If, after learning about your case, I am confident can help you, it would be an honor and a privilege to be your Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) lawyer. I'm here to help and look forward to hearing from you.     

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I'm a Marin County native - born and raised - and feel extraordinarily grateful and lucky to call Marin home. I live with my partner; together, she and I are raising two extraordinary girls. I'm a foodie, bibliophile (book lover), cinephile (film lover), and philomath (lover of learning). When I'm not working, I'm enjoying time with my family, hiking the trails of Mt. Tamalpais and Marin, planning my next trip, and devising ways to be an even more effective representative for my clients and an even stronger advocate for everyone with disabilities.

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QUALIFIED TO PRACTICE NATIONWIDE BEFORE THE
UNITED STATES SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

BAR ADMISSIONS

Florida, 2011

United States Supreme Court, 2023 

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2023
     Illinois (IL), Indiana (IN), Wisconsin (WI)

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2023       
     Arkansas (AR), Iowa (IA), Minnesota (MN),
     Missouri (MO), Nebraska (NE), North Dakota (ND),       South Dakota (SD)

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2023
     Colorado (CO), Kansas (KS), New Mexico (NM),
     Oklahoma (OK), Utah (UT), Wyoming (WY)

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2023
     Alabama (AL), Georgia (GA), Florida (FL)

U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2023
U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico, 2023
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 2012

EDUCATION

University of Miami School of Law - Juris Doctor  (Coral Gables, Florida) 

University of California, Berkeley / U.C. Berkeley / Cal - B.A.

University of California, Los Angeles / U.C.L.A. 
(a Firenze, Italia)

Redwood High School (Larkspur, California)

Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, New York)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (NOSSCR) - Sustaining Member

Colorado Bar Association (CBA)

Marin County Bar Association

 

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