Talia Kesler
Executive director and supervising attorney
Talia started Muster Legal Clinic to give working people in Cumberland County the same representation at a disability hearing that a paying client would get.
Before the clinic, Talia worked at a legal aid office, where disability claims made up most of her caseload. She supervises every case the clinic takes, handles hearings before Social Security judges and trains the volunteer attorneys who help on clinic Saturdays.
Focus
- SSDI hearings
- SSI for children
- Overpayments
- Continuing disability reviews
Credentials
Talia's admissions and training
Bar admissions
North Carolina
2011
South Carolina
2014
Courts
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Education
J.D., North Carolina Central University School of Law
2011
B.A., Fayetteville State University
2007
Languages
English
Spanish
Conversational
Memberships
National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives
North Carolina Bar Association
More about Talia
Talia grew up in Spring Lake, the daughter of a long-haul driver whose disability claim took three years and two appeals. She remembers the kitchen table covered in letters nobody could read.
She opened the clinic with two desks and a grant in a borrowed office on Hay Street. Today she spends most mornings in hearings and most afternoons reviewing the files her staff are building.
Outside the office she coaches a youth softball team and keeps the clinic's Saturday coffee going.
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