Paradise Social Security Disability Lawyers

A life-long resident of Harrisburg, Attorney Charles E. Schmidt, Jr. graduated from Bishop McDevitt High School in 1965, the University of Notre Dame in 1969, and Dickinson School of Law in 1974. Between college and law school, he served in the U.S. Army. He was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1974 and the Federal Bar in 1979. Mr. Schmidt is a former panel chairman of the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court Disciplinary Committee and a former Special Master in Dauphin County (a lawyer who is appointed to act as a judge, taking sworn testimony in divorce cases and rendering...

A native of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Attorney Jessica Kurtz received her J.D. in 2011 from the Penn State University Dickinson School of Law. She graduated summa cum laude and with honors in history in 2008 from Washington & Jefferson College, located in Washington, PA, where she earned her B.A. in political science and French. She is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa national academic honor society. Jessica dedicates her legal practice to helping those who need it most. At Schmidt Kramer, P.C., Jessica helps disabled individuals receive the Social Security benefits that they have worked hard to earn. As...

Samuel H. Pond has concentrated his law practice in the area of Workers' Compensation litigation since graduation from Temple University School of Law. Mr. Pond is a founding and managing partner of Pond Lehocky Stern Giordano. Mr. Pond has been representing injured workers since 1984.

Jerry M. Lehocky has been a litigator of Workers' Compensation and Social Security since being admitted to practice in 1985. Initially, his practice involved representing employers and insurance companies. In 1991, Mr. Lehocky began representing claimants exclusively in the areas of Workers' Compensation and Social Security Disability. Mr. Lehocky has also written numerous articles and publications in the area of Workers' Compensation and has lectured extensively on various issues involving the practice of Workers' Compensation. As a former Chairman of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Workers' Compensation Section (for 12 consecutive years), Mr. Lehocky has been involved personally in the lobbying efforts...

Thomas J. Giordano Jr., currently heads the Social Security Disability department, where he focuses his practice exclusively on obtaining Social Security Disability benefits for disabled individuals. Giordano has represented individuals before Administrative Law Judges throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. He has been invited by labor and disability organizations as well as physicians throughout the tri-state area to lecture on Social Security Disability law. He is currently a sustaining member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimant's Representatives (NOSSCR) as well as a member of the Social Security Disability law section of the American Association of Justice and...