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Thomas J. Scully

Thomas J. Scully is a resident of Munster Indiana, and graduated from Rutgers Law school in 1973.  He has represented Social Security claimants since 1984, and began to focus his practice exclusively in Social Security and SSI law then.  He has handled thousands of cases representing the disabled, from the initial application through federal court appeals.  He is admitted to practice law in Indiana, Illinois, and Pennsylvania, and is admitted to the Federal Courts in the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, and to the Supreme Courts of Indiana, Illinois and Pennsylvania.  He lives with his family in Munster, IN.

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Private Practice of Law  -  '75 to present
Admitted to:   Pennsylvania bar '73, Indiana bar '75,   Illinois bar '77
Speaker,  Social Security Seminar '01
Indiana Continuing Education Forum
Speaker,  Symposium on International Law '91 Valparaiso Univ. School of Law - Valparaiso, IN
Instructor,  Sawyer College (part-time) '89-90 Paralegal Courses - Real Estate/Probate
Instructor,  Calumet Col. '76  Business Law
Deputy Prosecutor - Indiana 31st Judicial Circuit, Lake County '76-78
US Dept. of Justice, Immigration & Naturalization Service' 74-75
Army of Corps of Engineers '73-74

Education
B.A., Political Science (Minor, English) 1970 - Temple University, Philadelphia
J.D., - Rutgers University Law School, Camden, N.J.  May 1973
Academic Awards :  American Jurisprudence Award - highest in Domestic Relations
Journalistic Award - outstanding service to law school newspaper.

Member of:
Lake County Bar Association
Indiana State Bar Association
Chicago Bar Association - Social Security Committee
American Legion Post 16 - Hammond, Indiana
NOSSCR - National Organization of Social Security Claimant's Representatives (sustaining member)


Veda Praveena Dasari

Veda handles most of the appeals for the office.   She is admitted to the state bars of Indiana and Illinois. Veda attended Valparaiso University School of Law in Indiana.  Veda obtained an undergraduate degree in Business Management from Osmania Unversity in Hyderabad, India. She has an undergraduate degree in Finance from Purdue University, Calumet, Indiana.  She graduated with distinction in both her undergraduate degrees and was on the honor roll at the graduate level.  


Christopher J. Boudi

Chris graduated from the Valparaiso University School of Law in 2004. Prior to law school he attended Indiana University where he majored in Sociology. He is admitted to the state bars of Indiana and Illinois. Chris is currently involved in the general practice of Social Security Law and has previous work experience in the areas of Workers' Compensation and Insurance Defense in both Indiana and Illinois.


Jyoti Raval

Jyoti graduated from Quinnipiac University School of Law with Honors.   She additionally received a Certificate of Health Law with Honors. Jyoti gained two years of Social Security Disability experience in law school at the Health Law Clinic. Prior to law school, Jyoti graduated from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia where she studied Biological Sciences and Kinesiology.  While Jyoti currently attends Social Security Disability Hearings and conducts legal research, she is currently increasing her involvement in the area of ERISA and long term disability law. Jyoti is admitted to the state bar of Illinois.

 

 

 

REPRESENTING CLAIMANTS IN SOCIAL SECURITY AND SSI DISABILITY CASES

Main Office
506 Ridge Road
Munster, IN 46321

Ph 219-836-1380
Fax 219-836-5514
Chesterton Office
372 Indian Boundary Road
Chesterton, IN 46304

Ph
800-628-1934
Fax 219-836-5514
Chicago Office
53 W. Jackson Suite 523
Chicago, IL 60604

Ph 800-628-1934
Fax 219-836-5514


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