Tennessee Disability (SSD) Lawyers | Find & Compare Profiles

If you need legal help with social security disability matters in Tennessee, understanding the local legal landscape is the first step. Tennessee attorneys handle cases involving SSDI and SSI benefit claims, disability appeals, ALJ hearings, and Appeals Council review, and the state's specific rules — from filing procedures in Circuit Court to applicable deadlines — can directly shape the strategy and outcome of your case.

Social Security disability claims follow federal procedures, but the hearing offices and Administrative Law Judges in Tennessee have their own patterns. After an initial denial — which happens to the majority of applicants — you have 60 days to appeal. Most successful claims are won at the ALJ hearing stage, and having an attorney who regularly appears before Tennessee's ALJs provides a measurable advantage.

When selecting a social security disability attorney in Tennessee, consider their specific experience with cases like yours, their familiarity with Circuit Court procedures, and their track record. The attorneys listed on this page serve clients throughout Tennessee and have profiles that include their credentials, practice areas, office locations, and client reviews. Comparing multiple attorneys helps you find the right fit for your situation and budget.

Want to understand your legal rights before contacting an attorney? Read our complete guide to social security disability law in Tennessee for an in-depth look at Tennessee's statutes, court procedures, and what outcomes are possible. When you're ready, use the profiles below to compare attorneys and schedule a consultation.

Timothy L. Miles - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Timothy L. Miles
 300 Centerview Drive, #247 Brentwood TN 37027
(615) 587-7384
Nashville School of Law (1998)
English
Bar #021605
6th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Animal & Dog Law Antitrust Law Arbitration & Mediation
Sarah Bean Smith - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Costner & Greene Lawyers At Law.
 315 High Street Maryville TN 37804
(865) 238-4710
Bar #031967
U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law DUI & DWI Personal Injury
Joseph Preston Strom - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Strom Law Office
 6923 N. Trenholm Rd. Columbia SC 29206
(843) 898-8180
University of South Carolina (1984)
English, Spanish
South Carolina Bar
Active License
Business Law Cannabis & Marijuana Law Construction Law
Jim Williams - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Jim Williams & Associates, Lawyers at Law, LLC
 324 Cherokee Street Kingsport TN 37660-4336
(423) 230-0006
University of Tennessee - Knoxville (1994)
English
Bar #018466
Virginia Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Bankruptcy Criminal Law
Lee Carter Massengill - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Massengill, Caldwell & Coughlin, P.C.
 777 Anderson Street Bristol TN 37620
(423) 764-1174
Mississippi College School of Law (2001)
Bar #023767
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Animal & Dog Law Criminal Law Domestic Violence
David C. Veazey - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of David C. Veazey
 PO Box 3206 Chattanooga TN 37404
(423) 521-1776
University of Tennessee College of Law (2006)
English, French, Russian
Bar #028753
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Divorce
Marcos M. Garza - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Garza Law Office, PLLC
 Bank of America Building 550 W. Main Street, Suite 340 Knoxville TN 37902
(865) 540-8300
University of Tennessee College of Law
English
Bar #021483
United States District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Divorce DUI & DWI
John R. Colvin - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 205 South High Street Winchester TN 37398
(931) 962-1044
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (1994)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Nursing Home Abuse Personal Injury
Fred R Denson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Fred Denson
 1550 N Mount Juliet RD STE 110 Mount Juliet TN 37122
(615) 754-4895
University of Tennessee - Knoxville (1972)
U.S. Supreme Court Bar
Unknown Status
Arbitration & Mediation Elder Law Employment Law
Timothy Leo Bowden - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Tim L. Bowden, Lawyer
 306 Northcreek Blvd 200 Goodlettsville TN 37072
Nashville School of Law (1991)
English
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Animal & Dog Law Appeals & Appellate Asbestos & Mesothelioma
Van Douglas McMahan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
McMahan Law Office
 109 West Court Avenue Selmer TN 38375
(731) 645-3100
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (1994)
Bar #022385
Mississippi Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Medical Malpractice Personal Injury
Jimmy Wayne Bilbo - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Bilbo Law Office, P.C.
 150 North Ocoee Street Cleveland TN 37311
(423) 476-3556
Lee University
Bar #011408
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Medical Malpractice Nursing Home Abuse Personal Injury
Paul M. Estep - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Estep & Estep Lawyers-At-Law
 1733 Main Street Tazewell TN 37879
(423) 626-3525
6th Circuit Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Estate Planning
Donna Simpson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Donna Simpson
 51 East First Street Cookeville TN 38501
(931) 526-2933
Bar #006859
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Estate Planning Probate Social Security Disability
Candice K. Mendez - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Candice K. Mendez, Lawyer at Law
 1237-D Gay Street Dandridge TN 37725
(423) 623-4134
Appalachian School of Law (2005)
English
Bar #027425
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Divorce
Evan Vineyard - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers
 622 W 7th St Columbia TN 38401
(931) 505-7040
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
English
Bar #036971
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Legal Malpractice Medical Malpractice Nursing Home Abuse
John Michael Bailey - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
John Michael Bailey Injury Lawyers
 5978 Knight Arnold Rd Ste #400 Memphis TN 38115
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
English
Bar #006941
Active License
Verified
DUI & DWI Insurance Claims Personal Injury
William A. Wooten - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Wooten Law Office
 120 Court Square East Covington TN 38019
(901) 475-1050
Washington University in St. Louis
Bar #026674
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Collections
Jonaka White Hall - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers
 622 W 7th St Columbia TN 38401
(931) 546-7200
Western Kentucky University
English
Bar #027275
Kentucky Bar
Active License
Verified
Legal Malpractice Medical Malpractice Nursing Home Abuse
Katie Klinghard - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Mathis, Bates & Klinghard, PLLC
 412 Franklin Street Clarksville TN 37040
(931) 919-5060
The Nashville School of Law (2005)
Bar #029661
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Criminal Law Divorce
Michael Augustine Wagner - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Wagner & Wagner Lawyers at Law
 701 Market Street Suite 310 Chattanooga TN 37402
(423) 756-7923
University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
Bar #012840
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Nursing Home Abuse Personal Injury
Joe Richard Judkins - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 1143 Oak Ridge Turnpike Suite 202 Oak Ridge TN 37830
(865) 482-7877
University of Tennessee College of Law (1977)
English
Bar #005548
U.S. Supreme Court Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Divorce Personal Injury
Evan (Mac) Meade - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Meade Law Group
 215 N Boone Street Johnson City TN 37604
(423) 926-7112
University of Tennessee College of Law (2005)
English
Unknown Status
Criminal Law DUI & DWI Medical Malpractice
Aubrey Timothy Givens - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Aubrey Givens & Associates, PLLC
 231 W Old Hickory Blvd Suite B, 2nd Floor Madison TN 37115
(615) 248-8600
Bar #021491
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Personal Injury Real Estate Law Social Security Disability
Nathan C. Williams - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Nahon, Saharovich & Trotz Personal Injury Lawyers
 2709 N Highland Ave Jackson TN 38305
(731) 427-5550
Nashville School of Law
English
Bar #027813
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Personal Injury Social Security Disability
William L Aldred JR - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Aldred Law Office
 221 South Second Street Clarksville TN 37040
(931) 648-9621
Middle Tennessee State University
English
Federal Circuit Bar
Active License
Criminal Law Family Law Medical Malpractice
Jeffrey C. Kovalski - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Jeffrey C. Kovalski, Lawyer at Law, PLLC
 3037 B HIGHWAY 31W PO Box 816 WHITE HOUSE TN 37188
(615) 810-8214
Southern Adventist University
English
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Personal Injury Social Security Disability
Allan Wilson Wages - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
A Wages Law Office
 4557 shelby road Millington TN 38053
(901) 872-8008
University of Memphis (1978)
English
Bar #006173
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Estate Planning Medical Malpractice Personal Injury
Mark Albert Skelton - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 121 South Depot Street Rogersville TN 37857
(423) 272-4812
University of Tennessee College of Law
Bar #010610
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Divorce Elder Law
John Kirk Banks - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 641 E Elk Ave Elizabethton TN 37643
(423) 543-3100
University of Tennessee College of Law (1973)
Bar #001204
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Real Estate Law Social Security Disability
Douglas Linton Payne - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 401 W Irish St Greeneville TN 37743
(423) 639-2220
University of South Carolina School of Law (1988)
Bar #013380
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Social Security Disability
Jason Ladon Hudson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 203 S Main Ave Dyersburg TN 38024
(731) 285-7382
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (2000)
Bar #020823
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Divorce Family Law
William A. Cohn - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 291 Germantown Bend Cv Cordova TN 38018
(901) 757-5557
University of Tennessee College of Law (1978)
Bar #005873
Texas Bar
Inactive License
Verified
Bankruptcy Social Security Disability
Robert Stevie Beal - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 22 Monroe St Lexington TN 38351
(731) 968-9077
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (1980)
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Criminal Law DUI & DWI Estate Planning
Donald Nathaniel Spencer - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 28 South Washington Avenue Brownsville TN 38012
(731) 772-3466
William H. Bowen School of Law (1992)
Bar #015678
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Divorce Family Law
Showing 1-40 of 42 attorneys
Added to bookmarks!