Faculty Profile: Chris Cornaghie

Chris A. Cornaghie, Attorney at Law has been in private practice in Memphis, Tennessee since 1984.   His practice is concentrated almost exclusively in Social Security Disability, Retirement and related matters, representing individuals before the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review throughout Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi.  Attending Memphis State University, he received his undergraduate degree in 1972 and law degree in 1975. He was admitted to the Tennessee Bar in 1976 and is also admitted to the United States District Courts in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi as well as the Supreme Court of the United States. He is certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA), the ABA and the Tennessee Commission on Specialization and CLE as a Social Security Disability Advocate; and also drafts questions for the national examination by NBTA.

From 1978 to 1984, Mr. Cornaghie served as an Attorney Advisor of the Social Security Administration in the Memphis Office of Hearings and Review. He has previously served on the Board of Directors of the Memphis Federal Bar Association, Memphis Area Legal Services, Family Services of Memphis, National Organization of Social Security Claims Representatives (NOSSCR) and St. Peter Parish Council. He has also served as President of the Federal Bar Association, Memphis Mid-South Chapter from 1986-87 and President of the University of Memphis Law School Alumni Association from 1999-2000.  He is a frequent speaker and author on Social Security law as well as an adjunct professor for the Skills Seminars at Loyola University School of Law New Orleans.  He is  a Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 listed Mediator and is listed with the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

Currently, he is a member of the Memphis Bar Association, Federal Bar Association and the National Organization of Social Security Claims Representatives (NOSSCR) His Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory Rating is AV for over 25 years. (Highest Rating:  Legal Ability Very High to Preeminent; General Recommendation: Very High.)