President Joe
SSD Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Judge Stephens served as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of Hearings and Appeals, Social Security Administration, Macon, Georgia (1975-1976). He was a solo practitioner in Fort Valley, Georgia (1976-1980), clerked for a Superior Court Judge in Macon, Georgia (1980), and served as an attorney and supervisory attorney for the Georgia Legal Services program in Dalton, Georgia (1980-1981). He served as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of Hearings and Appeals, Social Security Administration, Atlanta, Georgia (1981-1986), and served as Assistant Regional Counsel and Appellate Coordinator for the Office of General Counsel, Region IV, Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia (1986-1991). Commissioner Barnhart appointed him as a member of the Decision Review Board in January 2007, where he served through January 2008, and he continues to serve as an Administrative Law Judge in the Birmingham, Alabama, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review of the Social Security Administration.
