Kenneth Stephenson Stepp

Born and raised in South Carolina, I graduated from Clemson University in 1968 and joined the U.S. Navy. After serving in the Navy in Florida, Rhode Island, California (received Masters of Management degree at United States Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey California); South Carolina, shipboard on the USS BLAKELY (DE 1072) with port calls in Guantanamo Bay Cuba, Port Au Prince Haiti, Charleston South Carolina, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada; Stavanger Norway; Copenhagen Denmark; Kiel Germany; and Brest France. Subsequent Navy shore duty in Charleston South Carolina; Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico, St. Croix, and St. Thomas. Attended University of Georgia Law School 1973-1976 receiving Juris Doctor Degree in Law. Practiced Law at offices in Columbus, Georgia; Inverness, Florida; and Manchester, Kentucky. Contact at P. O. Box 1271, Manchester, Kentucky 40962 (kenneth_stepp@yahoo.com) as a sole practitioner. My phone numbers are area code 606, and 596-0360, 599-8770, and cell 391-3549, My practice is in Eastern Kentucky, mostly in Clay, Jackson, Leslie, Knox, Laurel, Perry, Owsley, and Lee Counties all in Kentucky. I have been a lawyer since 1976, and have been admitted to the Kentucky Bar Association, the Florida Bar, the State Bar of Georgia, and licensed to practice in Federal Court in the Eastern District of Kentucky, the Sixth Circuit Federal Appeals Court, and the Middle District of Florida and the Middle District of Georgia.

University System of Georgia - University of Georgia

J.D (1976) | Law

1973 - 1976

As Secretary of Civil Cases for Legal Aid and Defender Society, assigned Civil Cases to student members of the Society, who provided legal services to indigents without charge, and received law school credit for this.

Honors: Secretary of Civil Cases, of Legal Aid and Defender Society.

Activities: Legal Aid and Defender Society; Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity.

United States Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey California

M.S (1970) | Management

1969 - 1970

Clemson University

B.S (1968) | Industrial Management; Economics

1964 - 1968

Played Forward for the Soccer Club which years later evolved into the national champion Clemson Men's Soccer Team; was Field Trip Chairman for Society for the Advancement of Management arranging for Industrial Management student group field trips to factories in Atlanta, Georgia and upstate South Carolina.

Honors: Iota Mu Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi

Activities: Soccer Club; Wesley Foundation; Alpha Phi Omega; Y.M.C.A.; Society for the Advancement of Management; Iota Mu Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi.

Attorney at Law

KENNETH S. STEPP

1976 - Current

Practice law with office in Clay County and cases in Clay, Leslie, Jackson, Laurel, and Knox Counties, Kentucky with KENNETH S. STEPP, PSC. Prev. with Law Offices of Carl A. Short II in Manchester, Kentucky as attorney. Prev. with Office of Public Advocacy in Pineville and Harlan, Kentucky as attorney at law. Prev. practiced law in Florida and Georgia.

Member

The Florida Bar

Member

Bar of United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Member

State Bar of Georgia (inactive)

Member

Active Bar of the Sixth Circuit United States Court of Appeals

Member

Clay County (KY) Bar Association

Member

Viet Nam Veterans of America

Member

Manchester (KY) Christian Church

Member

National Association of Disability Attorneys

Member

Kentucky Bar Association

Member

National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives

Certificate of Appreciation

Volunteer Lawyers of Appalachian Kentucky (VLAK)

2006

Award for ninety six hours of legal services to poor people.

National Association of Disability Representatives (NADA)

Member

2008 - Current

Activities: Represented clients in Requests for Reconsideration, hearings before Administrative Law Judge, appeals to Appeals Council, petitions before Federal District Court, and Petition before Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Kentucky Bar Association

member

1991 - Current

National Organization of Social Security Claimant's Representatives (NOSSCR)

Member

1981 - Current

Activities: Handled Social Security cases from Reconsideraion, Administrative Law Judge Hearing, Appeal Council petition, Federal District Court petition, and Federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals petition.

The Florida Bar  # 235490

member

1977 - Current

State Bar of Georgia

member

1976 - Current

Florida

Since 1977

Georgia

Since 1976

Kentucky

Since 1991

• Contingent Fees

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• Social Security and SSI