Ravi Patel
Staff attorney, appeals and hearings
Ravi takes denied Social Security claims to hearing. His job is to find what the first decision missed and put it in front of the judge.
Ravi came to the clinic as a law-school fellow and stayed. He handles reconsiderations, hearings and Appeals Council requests, and he spends more time on the phone with doctors' offices than anyone else here. Ask him about residual functional capacity forms; he has opinions.
Focus
- Disability hearings
- Medical opinion evidence
- Appeals Council review
- Vocational evidence
Credentials
Ravi's admissions and training
Bar admissions
North Carolina
2021
Courts
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
Education
J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law
2021
B.A., University of North Carolina at Pembroke
2017
Languages
English
Gujarati
Hindi
More about Ravi
Ravi grew up in Lumberton, where his parents ran a motel, and saw early how a back injury could end a working life.
He prepares every client for the hearing the week before, in a room set up the same way, so there are no surprises on the day.
He also answers the clinic's phone line on Saturday mornings, so there's a fair chance he's the first person you'll talk to.
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