Meet The Team



Dan Bott

Dan Bott

President

As an attorney, Dan has personally represented clients in over 2,500 hearings across the country and, in a supervisory capacity, has overseen the work for many tens-of-thousands of cases. He has worked closely with the various branches of Social Security.


Nick Huntsman

Nick Huntsman

COO Director of Attorney Operations

Nick is the Director of Attorney Operations and has been an executive director with the company for over eight years. Nick has represented disabled clients in over 2,500 hearings nationwide. In 2012, he assumed responsibility for half of Trajector’s attorneys and for directing attorney operations.


Merrick Jackson

Merrick Jackson

Assistant Director of Attorney Operations

Merrick has represented disabled claimants in most states and has participated in over 3,500 hearings nationwide. Merrick has been with Trajector Disability since 2007, and is responsible for over half of the Trajector’s attorneys and assists in implementing attorney policies and operations.


Sarah Jenkins

Sarah Jenkins

Attorney at Law

Sarah Jenkins earned a bachelor’s degree in English and Political Science from Case Western Reserve University. She went on to earn her law degree from the Claude W. Pettite College of Law, Ohio Northern University. She has advocated for Social Security disability claimants since 2012.


Morgan McIlrath

Morgan McIlrath

Attorney at Law

Morgan McIlrath graduated from the University of Wyoming School of Law in 2017, and Brigham Young University Idaho in 2013. He worked with the legal aid clinic programs in the Wyoming college of law where he successfully argued in front of the Wyoming Supreme Court on a criminal prosecution.


Jo Ann Kelton

Jo Ann Kelton

Attorney at Law

Jo Ann has practiced law for over 25 years, most recently focusing solely on Social Security disability claims, and finds a great deal of satisfaction in helping disabled claimants achieve a measure of security upon receiving an award of benefits.


Elizabeth Skym

Elizabeth Skym

Attorney at Law

Elizabeth Skym graduated Buena Vista University in 2004 and Washburn University School of Law in 2016. She worked as a non-attorney representative for Social Security claimants and worked at the Social Security's Kansas City Regional Office before she started working at Trajector Disability in 2017.


Susan Fox

Susan Fox

Attorney at Law

Susan Fox is a licensed attorney. She has been practicing social security disability law since 2010 having handled over 3500 cases to date. Susan currently practices in Southern California where she and her family reside.


Natalie Porter

Natalie Porter

Attorney At Law

Before becoming a claimant's advocate, Natalie Porter Westbrook decided disability cases for Disability Adjudication Services of Georgia. She attended law school at Temple University's Beasley School of Law. She has worked to help disabled people get fair hearings since 2010.


Hannah Yancy Pierce

Hannah Yancy Pierce

Attorney at Law

Hannah attended Carroll University in Wisconsin and then law school at Western Michigan University - Thomas M. Cooley Law School. After law school, she returned to Wisconsin to practice Bankruptcy and Foreclosure. She has been practicing Social Security Disability law since 2016.


Vicki Aukerman

Vicki Aukerman

Attorney At Law

Vicki has a wealth of experience as a trusted advocate assisting clients with their problems and has litigated in state and federal courts. She has represented more than 4,000 clients before Federal Administrative Law Judges in 43 states including Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.


Angie Saltsman

Angie Saltsman

Representative

Angie has represented Social Security Disability claimants since 2009. and has been with Trajector Disability since 2014. She's drafted hundreds of Appeals Council briefs and has appeared in front of Administrative Law Judges in more than half the states in the US as well as in Puerto Rico.


Anthony Craiker

Anthony Craiker

Attorney At Law

Originally from Dallas, TX. My wife and I were married in 2001, and we have three children (two girls and a boy). I went to law school at the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We moved to Orlando, Florida in 2009 when I came to work for Trajector Disability. We absolutely love it here.


Betsy Fowler

Betsy Fowler

Attorney At Law

Betsy grew up in St. George Utah where she attended Dixie High school and Dixie State College. After Dixie College, Betsy attended BYU and received her BA is History, while serving as the Student Body Vice President of Campus Organizations.


Brad Howes

Brad Howes

Attorney At Law

Brad Howes is one of our attorneys that works our Florida cases. Brad has a background in special education and taught special education to high school freshmen for five years while attending law school at Barry University. He has been practicing Social Security disability law since 2013.


Brenda Benson

Brenda Benson

Attorney At Law

I live in Middle Tennessee in a small town called Shelbyville. While in law school, I worked at a courthouse in the Chancery Court for two or three years wherein I attended court hearings and assisted various Judges by writing notes, etc. I worked for a Judge as his assistant for a couple years.


Brooks Huse

Brooks Huse

Attorney At Law

Brooks Huse is a senior attorney with Trajector Disability. He has a bachelor's degree in Public and Corporate Communications from Valparaiso University. and obtained his Juris Doctor from The University of Tulsa in 2011. He has represented thousands of people in administrative hearings.


Cody Passman

Cody Passman

Attorney At Law

Cody was born and raised in Baton Rouge, LA as an avid LSU sports fan despite the fact that no one in his immediate family ever attended. Of course, he attended LSU and graduated the same year the Tigers won a football and baseball national championship. He attended Ole Miss School of Law.


James Payton Chambers

James Payton Chambers

Attorney At Law

Peyton completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Mississippi. He later returned to complete his Juris Doctorate and studied international law at Cambridge University in England. He has worked with the organization for 10 years and has tried over 3,600 cases.


Jamie Davis

Jamie Davis

Attorney At Law

Jamie Davis has over 10 years experience practicing Social Security Disability law, and has represented thousands of claimants before Administrative Law Judges. He obtained an undergraduate degree at the University of Southern Mississippi and a law degree at The University of Mississippi.


Jason Carney

Jason Carney

Attorney At Law

Jason Carney is a licensed attorney and has been practicing Social Security disability law since 2009, having handled over 1000 disability cases to date. Mr. Carney currently practices in Northern California, where he lives with his wife and three children.


Jeffery Sullivan

Jeffery Sullivan

Attorney At Law

Attorney Jeffrey Sullivan joined Trajector Disability in August 2008 and has enjoyed traveling all over the United States representing over 4,000 Claimants at administrative law hearings seeking to secure their social security disability benefits.


Kirsten Jansen

Kirsten Jansen

Attorney At Law

Kirsten Jansen is an experienced attorney who specializes in Social Security Disability law. She advocates zealously for disability clients who are unable to work because of their medical conditions, whether physical, psychiatric, or developmental in nature.


Liberty Straney

Liberty Straney

Attorney At Law

Liberty Straney has lived in the Pacific Northwest since 2006. She received her Juris Doctorate from Lewis & Clark Law School in 2012 and is a licensed attorney in Oregon. She has focused on Social Security Disability law since 2013 and has represented clients across the US.


Matthew Heim

Matthew Heim

Attorney At Law

Matthew Heim is an attorney at law licensed in South Carolina and supervisor of a great team of lawyers. He began working for Trajector Disability in January 2009 after graduating from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 2008 and passing the South Carolina Bar that fall.


Michael Ogden

Michael Ogden

Attorney At Law

Michael has been with Trajector Disability since 2010 and has represented clients all over the United States. He now mainly represents clients in North and South Carolina and is the Supervising attorney for The Carolinas, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Maryland.


Ryan Vanover

Ryan Vanover

Attorney At Law

Ryan Vanover is a senior attorney with the Trajector office. Over the last ten years, he has appeared before multiple Judges and to assist claimants with their disability claims. Mr. Vanover graduated from Northeastern State University and obtained his J.D. from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School.


Shayan Farooqi

Shayan Farooqi

Attorney At Law

Attorney Shayan Farooqi has successfully represented thousands of disabled Americans and Veterans. He attended Rutgers University for his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Political Science and International Relations and obtained his J.D. from Cooley Law in Michigan.


Janine Collette

Janine Collette

Attorney at Law

Janine specialized in civil litigation in the State and City of New York working for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and then in the State of Wisconsin. Janine has come full circle to focus her practice solely in the area of Social Security Disability law.