Joanna P. Papazekos, Attorney

Attorney Joanna P. Papazekos has been an associate with Caroselli, Beachler, McTiernan & Conboy, L.L.C. since 1995.  A summa cum laude graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Chatham University in 1992, Attorney Papazekos went on to get her law degree from the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University in 1995, and also holds an Elementary Education Certification in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.   

From 2006 to the present, Attorney Papazekos was named a Rising Star by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, and has been Martindale Hubbell peer-rated AV Preeminent for very high ethical standards, legal ability and professional excellence.  She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and the United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania.   

Attorney Papazekos focuses her practice on Social Security Disability, Social Security Appeals and Supplemental Security Income. Her professional memberships include Allegheny County Bar Association where she has served on the Social Security Practitioners Committee since 1995, the Pennsylvania and Federal Bar Associations, Allegheny County Women's Bar Association, Pennsylvania Association for Justice, National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, and Phi Beta Kappa.  

She has authored and been cited in numerous publications, such as The Vocational Expert: Using the Government's Witness to Your Advantage in Advanced Issues in Social Security Disability, and Relationships Between Social Security Benefits and Workers' Compensation Benefits: Things You Wondered But Were Afraid to Ask, in What Workers' Compensation Attorneys Need to Know About Social Security Disability.