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)

Elsye Kattengell

Ms. Elsye Kattengell has been an associate at the firm since 2009. She primarily works at the firm's Chicago office in the areas of Social Security Law and ERISA. She also works with the firm's Spanish speaking clients. Her prior work experience is in civil litigation, general liability, and insurance defense.

Ms. Kattengell received her juris doctorate from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2007. During law school, she obtained a Certificate in Trial Advocacy and received a CALI award for her work at Loyola's Community Law Clinic. Prior to law school, Ms. Kattengell earned a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and a Bachelors of Arts in English and Philosophy, cum laude, from St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas.

Admissions:

• Illinois Bar (May 2007)
• United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois (June 2007)

Memberships:

• American Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Chicago Bar Association
• National Organization of Social Security Claimant's Representatives (NOSSCR)

London H. Griffith

Ms. London H. Griffith is an Associate Attorney at Thomas J. Scully III & Associates. Ms. Griffith primarily works at the Chicago office. She received her Juris Doctorate from Michigan State College of Law in 2007. While in law school Ms. Griffith externed at the Michigan Attorney General's Office in the Department of Licensing and Regulation and she clerked at a general practice law firm.

Prior to attending law school, Ms. Griffith obtained her undergraduate degree at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Criminal Justice in 2004 with honors.

Admissions:

• Illinois Bar (May 2008)

Memberships:

• Chicago Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• National Organization of Social Security Claimant's Representatives (NOSSCR)

Volunteerism:

• Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clininc

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, as well as admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Chris is currently involved in the general practice of Social Security Law and Veterans Law.