Use Ethical Rules to Start and Maintain Productive Relationships with Clients – 2026 Spring National Conference – Track I (Presented by National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives)

Ann holds a Bachelor's degree from Emory University and a Juris Doctor from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University. She is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and Federal Circuits. Her multi-court admissions reflect decades of active federal litigation in Social Security disability matters at both the district and appellate levels.

Ann's more than 25 years as a statewide coordinator for New York State's Disability Advocacy Project represent one of the most sustained leadership contributions in the state's disability legal services community. In her role as Litigation Supervisor at the Urban Justice Center's Mental Health Project, she provides strategic and supervisory leadership for one of New York City's most prominent public interest litigation teams. Her three-decade career in civil legal services, combined with her long-tenured statewide coordination role, has established her as a foundational figure in the network of advocates serving New York's disability claimant population.

Ann's professional involvement spans direct litigation, statewide coordination, and organizational leadership within New York's civil legal services community. As a statewide coordinator for New York's Disability Advocacy Project for over 25 years, she has helped build and sustain a network of attorneys and advocates representing Social Security disability claimants across the state. Her Litigation Supervisor role at the Urban Justice Center's Mental Health Project adds a direct supervisory and strategic dimension to a career already defined by broad systemic engagement in disability and elder law advocacy.

Ann has worked in civil legal services for more than 30 years, concentrating her practice on Social Security disability issues and matters affecting elderly individuals. She has served as a statewide coordinator for New York State's Disability Advocacy Project for over 25 years — a role that has given her a panoramic view of the disability legal services landscape across New York State. As Litigation Supervisor at the Urban Justice Center's Mental Health Project, she brings that depth of experience to bear in supervising complex disability litigation and guiding her team through the administrative and federal court appeals process. Her federal court admissions in both district and appellate courts reflect an active litigation practice at the highest levels of the Social Security appeals system.