Education:
Graduate of Hildegardis High School, Bingen, Germany and Business Administration College, Bad Kreuznach, Germany. Associates Degree: Sociology, Connors State College, Warner, OK. B.A. Psychology, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK. Graduate Hours in Counseling Psychology at Northeastern State University.
Continuing Legal Education classes in the area of Social Security Disability.
Work Experience:
Nato Affairs Clerk/Court Clerk/Interpreter, US Army Staff Judge Advocate Office, 3rd Armored Division, Germany, 1973-1977. Interpreter for German Police and German Courts 1973-1977.
Legal Advocacy Worker, Legal Services of Eastern Oklahoma, 1979-1996 specializing in Social Security Disability, Veterans Appeals, and cases involving public entitlements from the State of Oklahoma (AFDC, TANF, Unemployment, etc.)
Certified Social Security Claimant’s representative working for Garrett Law Office, P.C. since January 1996 representing claimants at all administrative levels of Social Security Disability cases.
Memberships:
Member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR) and is a participant in the Social Security Administration Non-Attorney Representative Project.