Thirdly, you want an attorney who is knowledgeable about the medical side of Social Security disability. In Social Security, it is our burden to prove that you are disabled. That depends on your medical records, test results, doctors’ opinion forms, and your testimony. I have years of experience helping people to prepare to testify in court. I am more than comfortable reading your medical records. When I was doing laboratory research and teaching in graduate school, I learned about the brain and behavior. My postdoctoral fellowship was at the Institute of Neurological Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.