WC & SSD Offset – Why You Shouldn’t Wait For or Ignore the Notice of Award – 2026 Spring National Conference – Track II (Presented by National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives)

Erin holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Oklahoma and a Juris Doctor, with highest honor, from the University of Tulsa College of Law (2006). At Tulsa Law, she received the CALI Award of Excellence in Contracts, Constitutional Law, and Conflict of Laws; was voted Outstanding Senior Staff Member of the Energy Law Journal; was a member of Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity; and was awarded the Order of the Curule Chair for outstanding academic achievement and service to the Law School. She is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Western, and Northern Districts of Oklahoma, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States, a breadth of federal admissions that reflects the appellate depth of her Social Security practice.

Erin's academic record at the University of Tulsa College of Law was marked by consistent distinction: graduating with highest honor, earning three CALI Awards of Excellence, receiving the Order of the Curule Chair, and being recognized as Outstanding Senior Staff Member of the Energy Law Journal. Her elevation to partner at Troutman & Troutman in 2021, after 15 years with the firm, reflects the deep professional trust Gayle and Steve Troutman have placed in her expertise and leadership. Her Supreme Court admission and her Tenth Circuit appellate practice reflect the highest tier of federal litigation credentials, and her sustaining NOSSCR membership reflects a sustained commitment to the national disability advocacy community.

Erin's professional involvement is concentrated in Social Security disability representation and federal appellate advocacy, with a practice exclusively dedicated to claimants before the SSA and in federal court. As a sustaining member of NOSSCR, she maintains active engagement with the national organization for Social Security claimants' representatives. Her admissions to all three Oklahoma federal districts and the Tenth Circuit reflect a practice with broad jurisdictional reach across the region, and her Supreme Court admission speaks to the appellate ambition and capability that define her advocacy at Troutman & Troutman.

Erin Stackenwalt has practiced Social Security disability law at Troutman & Troutman, P.C. for 20 years, building a career of exceptional focus and depth in a single, specialized area of federal law. Her practice is exclusively devoted to SSA claimant representation and federal court appellate advocacy, a concentration that has produced the kind of deep expertise that comes only from sustained, single-minded commitment to one area of practice. Admitted to all three Oklahoma federal districts, the Tenth Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States, she handles the full appellate arc of Social Security disability litigation at the highest levels. Her 2021 partnership reflects two decades of professional excellence, and her honors law school record, capped by a highest honor degree, three CALI Awards, and the Order of the Curule Chair, provides the academic foundation for a career built on rigorous, precise, and appellate-minded advocacy.