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Sara Khaki, Charlotte Merritt, Erin Elliott, Manal Chehimi, Ben Walden, & Emily Rowell (Host)
Sara Khaki /The Khaki Law Firm
Sara Khaki, with The Khaki Law Firm, has lived in Georgia since 1996 when she moved to the United States from Europe. She received her undergraduate degree from Georgia State University, Summa Cum Laude, and went on to law school at University of Georgia School of Law. Since graduating from law school in 2008, Sara has devoted her legal practice solely to Social Security Disability. This is an area of law that is very close to her heart since she witnessed her mom suffer from cancer twice while Sara was a child and then a young adult; this truly opened her eyes up at a young age to the profound effect an individual’s health can have on the quality of life for an entire family.
As an attorney, Sara has represented over a thousand Social Security claimants throughout most of the southeast with a great success rate. She has represented claimants all the way from the initial application process through the U.S. District Court Appeals. She has extensive experience with working with the Social Security Administration, medical providers, educators, employers, and expert witnesses to gain a favorable outcome for her claimants.
Sara often gives presentations to different community organizations that serve the disabled so that she can offer health care providers and social workers more education on the rights of the disabled.
Sara Khaki is admitted to the Georgia State Bar and the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Georgia. Sara is also an active member of NOSSCR (National Organization of Social Security Claimant’s Representatives), Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA), Georgia Association for Women Lawyers (GAWL) and the Atlanta Bar Association.
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Erin Elliott/ Law Office of Erin Elliott
Erin Elliott, with the Law office of Erin Elliott, focuses her practice 100% on immigration law. She represents individuals, families and companies in obtaining various temporary visas such as fiancé, student, trainee, entrepreneur and employment as well as permanent immigration through family and employers.
After attending Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, Erin continued her education at Loyola Law School in New Orleans. Upon her graduation from law school, Erin returned to Atlanta and began her career at a national law firm where she specialized in business and corporate law for clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small start-ups. While assisting such clients, she became aware of the difficulties in obtaining and keeping foreign worker employees. Also during this time, Erin met her Turkish husband and was personally exposed to the green card and naturalization process. Based on her experiences, Erin opened her own practice in 2011 to assist businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals in navigating the, often intimidating, U.S. immigration legal system.
Erin is an active member of AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association) and volunteers weekly for Catholic Charities of Atlanta- Immigration Legal Services, which is a non-profit that provides assistance to immigrants, refugees and those seeking asylum in the United States.
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Manal Chehimi/ Don Turner Legal Team
Manal Chehimi, with the Don Turner Legal Team, was licensed to practice law in October 2012 after graduating from Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School. She has focused her practice on criminal and DUI defense, defending individuals facing DUI, misdemeanor, and felony criminal charges all over the State of Georgia.
She is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (GACDL), Georgia Chapter of Defense of Drinking Drivers (DODD) and the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD) at Harvard University. She is certified in field sobriety testing and the Intoxilyzer 5000 breath-testing device.
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Benjamin Walden, Attorney
Ben graduated from Wingate University with a Bachelor’s of Science cum laude. While attending Wingate University, Ben took part in the Honors Program, was an Irwin Belk Scholar, and a Leadership Fellow. He received his Juris Doctorate from the Georgia State College of Law where he completed an externship with Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore.
Ben practices Entertainment Law, Business Law and General Civil Litigation. Ben negotiates and drafts all types of contracts for the Movie, Television, and Music Industries as well as other Commercial Contracts. Ben is a Master Practitioner of NLP and HNLP, which he uses to coach clients and conduct trainings. He uses all of his skills and experiences to act as general counsel and to advise his clients on day to day operations as well as helping them prepare marketing plans and strategies.
