Jan Kodner graduated with honors from Chicago Kent College of Law in 1978. He graduated cum laude from University of Illinois in 1975 with a degree in accounting. Recently, Jan was named the Top Social Security Disability Lawyer in Illinois, by the Leading Lawyer Network magazine. Prior to this title, Jan was also ranked by other Illinois lawyers to be among the top 5% of all Illinois attorneys in the area of Social Security Disability law. Jan has maintained this honor each year since the Leading Lawyers Network was created in 2003. For more information about this peer ranking and review process, go to Leading Lawyers Network. Jan is a past chairman of the Chicago Bar Association Subcommittee on Social Security Law. He is also a sustaining member of the National Association of Social Security Claimant's Representatives (NOSSCR). He served as a board member of the SSI Coalition for a Responsible Safety Net. Jan has presented many talks and continuing legal education sessions at NOSSCR and CBA conferences.