Areas of Practice
Social Security Disability Law Federal Court Disability Appeals
Long-Term Disability
Workers’ Compensation

Bar Admissions
State of New York
State of Georgia
United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
United States District Court for the Western District of New York
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
United States District Court of Connecticut
United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
United States District Court of Colorado
United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the US Supreme Court
Appellate CM/ECF

Education
Syracuse University College of Law, J.D., 1985
State University of New York College at Oswego, B.A., Communication Studies, 1981

Professional Associations
National Organization for Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR) Sustaining Member
National Association of Disability Representatives (NADR)
Syracuse University, Burton Blatt Institute, Board Member, Executive Committee
Lawyers of Distinction
Super Lawyers
SUNY at Oswego, Board Member, School of Communications, Media and the Arts
Aurora of Central New York, Board Member
National Organization for Veterans Advocates (NOVA)
NDNY & Federal Court Bar Association
New York State Injured Workers’ Bar Association
Central New York Workers’ Compensation Bar Association
Onondaga County Bar Association
Oswego County Bar Association
Rondaxe Lake Association, Officer

Past Employment
Partner/Attorney, Shanley & Olinsky, Oswego, NY; 1988-1990
Associate Attorney, Shanley Law Offices, Oswego, NY; 1985-1988