Regina Carpenter is a retired Administrative Law Judge with more than three decades of experience in Social Security law, spanning roles as a paralegal, claimant’s attorney, attorney advisor, senior attorney advisor, and ALJ. She served as an Administrative Law Judge with the Social Security Administration from 2011 through 2025, and spent the final two years of her career as co-lead of SSA’s national judicial training program. Over the last decade of her tenure, she was heavily involved in formally training and mentoring new ALJs, cementing her legacy as one of the agency’s foremost judicial educators.