Stephanie E. Lake currently leads one of the Phoenix area’s most successful Social Security law firms. Practicing exclusively in Social Security since 1992, Ms. Lake has been successful in helping clients win over
$1 million in Social Security disability benefits.

One of the few disability attorneys fluent in Spanish in the Phoenix area, Ms. Lake has lived and worked in Arizona since 1987. She began her legal career at Brown & Bain, handling corporate litigation cases. She founded her own law firm in 1992 and became a specialist in the area of Social Security disability law.

Ms. Lake is a 1987 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. She holds a bachelor of arts degree in Russian and Eastern European Studies from the University of Michigan. She also attended Phillips Academy, Andover, MA.

Ms. Lake has lectured extensively on Social Security disability issues including Fibromyalgia, HIV, Children’s Rehabilitation Services and Sjogren’s Disease.

A member of the Social Security Advocates of Phoenix since 1992, Ms. Lake currently serves as the organization’s president. In this post, Ms. Lake helps facilitate relationships between the disabled, judges, and other organizations. She has also been a member of the National Organization of Social Security Claims Representatives (NOSSCR) and regularly attends their conferences.

Ms. Lake has handled extensive pro bono work for the Florence Legal Asylum Project, HIV AIDS Law Project and Social Security Disability Overpayment Clinics. She has also been active with the Arizona Land & Water Fund. Ms. Lake, and her husband John Bemiss, have three sons.