Social Security Law

Ms. Shelley Davidson Related Seminars and Products

Westmoreland Patterson Moseley & Hinson LLP

Ms. Davidson is a partner with the firm of Westmoreland, Patterson, Moseley & Hinson, LLP in Macon, Georgia. She has been a member of the Georgia Bar since 1982. She was born April 12, 1957, in Savannah, Georgia. She attended Middle Georgia College and graduated with an AS in Political Science in 1977. She also graduated from the University of Georgia with BA in Political Science, Magna Cum Laude 1978 and the Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University with a JD degree in 1982. She has also been admitted to practice before the United States District Court for all three District Courts of Georgia, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States of America 2001. She is a past president of NOSSCR. She is the Chairperson of the Georgia ICLE program for Social Security. She has been a frequent guest lecturer at many NOSSCR, Georgia Bar, Alabama Bar and Florida Bar Social Security Programs.

Ms. Allison Irene Affleck Related Seminars and Products

Affleck & Gordon PC

After earning her undergraduate degree from the University of Richmond, Allison received her JD from Georgia State University College of Law in Atlanta. Allison Affleck joined Affleck & Gordon in 2014. In 2019, Allison was made partner and leads the firm today alongside her law partner, Harry Brenner.

At Affleck and Gordon, Allison focuses on Social Security disability and veterans' disability cases. She continues to earn the respect of judges and of her clients for her professionalism, attention to detail, and commitment to providing personalized, effective representation.

Allison is a member of the Georgia Bar Association and the Atlanta Bar Association, and is a VA-accredited attorney. She also serves on the board of the Epilepsy Foundation of Georgia.

Allison lives in Atlanta and enjoys spending time with her husband, Kirby, their daughter, Collins, and their black lab pup.

Mr. Harry Brenner Related Seminars and Products

Affleck & Gordon PC

Harry Brenner has been with Affleck and Gordon since August of 2011. Harry is from Atlanta, GA, and attended the University of Georgia, obtaining his degree in political science. He received his law degree from the University of South Carolina in May of 2011.

While in law school, Harry was a research editor for USC’s Real Property Trust and Estate Law Journal. Harry started at Affleck and Gordon as a paralegal until he passed the bar in February of 2012 when he became an associate at the firm. He has continued to maintain casework as well as hearings. Harry pursues cases in Social Security Disability/Supplemental Security Income.

In 2019, Harry was made partner and leads the firm today alongside Allison Affleck.

Harry has represented clients in over 1,500 social security and veterans' disability hearings. He works with his SSA clients on cases at the Initial, Reconsideration, Hearing, and Appeals Council levels of review. Harry works with veterans' cases from the initial filing and supplemental claims all the way to the Board of Veterans’ Appeals. Harry is diligent in putting the puzzle pieces together to ensure his clients get the benefits they deserve.

Harry enjoys meeting new clients in the Metro Atlanta area and is a member of the Georgia Bar Association and Atlanta Bar Association. His enthusiasm and desire to help others are evident in the time spent maintaining the attorney-client relationship.

Harry lives in Atlanta with his wife Christie, and their daughter. 

Harry prides himself on going the extra step for his clients to ensure they get the benefits they deserve despite the hurdles and obstacles along the way.

Ms. Sarah Elizabeth White Park Related Seminars and Products

Westmoreland Patterson Moseley & Hinson LLP

Sarah E. White Park is a partner at Westmoreland Patterson, Moseley, & Hinson, LLP in Macon, Ga.  She obtained her JD from Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University in 2005, and she lives in Macon with her husband Brannen Park and twin daughters Hadden and Mary Stuart. 

She earned her BA, magna cum laude, from University of Georgia in 2002. She has practiced SSA law since 2011 when she worked as a decision writer for the Macon hearing office.  She was awarded the AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell and chosen as a Georgia Rising Star by Super Lawyers in the area of Social Security law in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.  Additionally, she was chosen as a Super Lawyer in the area of Social Security law in 2024.   She currently serves as the Past President of N.O.S.S.C.R., President of the Middle Georgia Association of Women Lawyers, and President-elect of the Macon Bar Association. 

Mark D. Boatner Related Seminars and Products

Mr. Michel Phillips III Related Seminars and Products

Martin Jones & Piemonte

Ms. April Kelly Neal Related Seminars and Products

Neal Student Support Advocacy & Disability

A Kelly Neal, Esq. is 56 years old and she was raised in Wrightsville, Georgia, but now calls Macon, Georgia, her home. 

As for her personal life, Ms. Neal enjoys exercising, hanging out at dog parks and cruising to new places around the world. She has a son with autism that is a 22 year old college student majoring in homeland security, and he is a member of the Georgia National Guard. Ms. Neal also has an 18 year old daughter with dyslexia that will be graduating from high school this year with hopes of starting a dog grooming business.

Ms. Neal graduated high school from Johnson County, Georgia in 1985 and she has a degree in business administration. She is a proud 2005 graduate of John Marshall Law School in Atlanta where she attended school at night while working full-time with the Social Security Administration’s Office of Hearings Operations. Ms. Neal continues to take nealy all of her continuing legal education in education related law and is a 2018 graduate of the William and Mary Law School’s Instute of Special Education Advocacy. She has participated in the Pacific Northwest Instutite of Special Education Law as well as the Special Education Symposium at Leigh University. She has a 20 year career with the Social Security Administration’s Office of Hearings Operations and she will be retiring in January 2024 to launch her own law firm handling disability and education cases.

Ms. Neal found her passion for eduction law after her son’s diagnosis of autism and later her daughter’s diagnosis of dyslexia. Her children were not getting the appropriate supports, accommodations, and services they needed to succeed academically. Ms. Neal knew things had to change when the only qualified attorneys she found in the area of education law represented school systems and not parents or students. 

Ms. Neal is a member of the Georgia Bar’s Advocates for Students with Disabilities Committee, Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA), and GeorgiaCAN. She has hosted the Wrightslaw Special Education Law & Advocacy Conference in Georgia three times and volunteers with Georgia Legal Services Program representing students in education matters. Ms. Neal’s mission is to inform the public of their rights as it relates to education in Georgia so that public educaiton is better for everyone.