How Atticus Employees Help Their Families Get Benefits

Written by

Sarah Aitchison

Attorney

Published January 16, 2026

1 min read

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Atticus is a law firm and Certified B Corp offering free, high-quality advice to Americans who can't work due to disability. Our experienced disability lawyers bring 50+ combined years of experience and help 100,000+ apply for benefits each year.

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At Atticus, our golden rule is simple: we’ll never connect a client with a lawyer we wouldn’t trust with our own family member or loved one—and we truly mean it.

Below are stories featuring Atticus employees who’ve helped a loved one apply for disability benefits.

Chris Best, Head of Talent at Atticus, helped his father navigate a workers’ compensation claim with Atticus’s support.

Iris Soto, a Client Experience Manager at Atticus, helped her mother apply for Social Security Disability Insurance with help from the team.

Shri Apte, VP of Finance at Atticus, helped his sister find representation for a personal injury claim with Atticus’s support.

Sarah Aitchison

Attorney

Sarah Aitchison, J.D., is Vice President of Client Experience and Client Support at Atticus. She leads the Client Advocates that help people apply for Social Security disability benefits. Since joining Atticus in 2022, she has built the firm's training, onboarding and quality assurance programs for the team that evaluates disability cases. Before joining Atticus, she was a staff attorney at CAMBA Legal Services, representing low-income tenants facing eviction in New York City Housing Court. She earned her J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law, where she served on the Washington Law Review and was Order of the Barristers. She earned her bachelor's degree, cum laude, from Western Washington University.

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