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Is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and Northwestern University School of Law, was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1967, the Ohio Bar in 1972, and the California Bar in 1975. She has worked in many areas of the law, ranging from criminal defense to civil matters, including Uniform Commercial Code, Bankruptcy, and Social Security Disability Matters. In 1974, Ms. Leland was appointed an SSI Judge with the Social Security Administration. In that capacity, she presided over numerous Social Security SSI disability hearings in California. In 1976, she opened her first office in San Diego, with an emphasis on Social Security cases. Soon the practice grew to include offices in Santa Ana and Long Beach. Later, the practice was redesigned with offices in San Diego and Downey, with an emphasis on Social Security disability cases. The Law Offices of Judith S. Leland continues to have locations in Downey and Santa Ana, California and Salt Lake City, Utah, while the partnership of Leland & Wasserman has offices in Ontario, California. Judith S. Leland has been an active member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (NOSSCR), having served as District Representative and having been a speaker at NOSSCR conventions. She was a presenting panel member at the C.E.B. course, "Handling the Social Security case." She has served as chairperson of the Social Security Sections of the Orange County Bar Association and the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and a member of the Attorney-Client Relations Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Ms. Leland has handled over two thousand Social Security disability cases at all adjudicatory levels, including the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.