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Susan M. O'Malley, Social Security Attorney

Ms. O’Malley went to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She graduated Cum Laude. She attended law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is licensed to practice in the following courts: the state of North Carolina; Federal District Court in the Eastern District of North Carolina; Federal District Court in the Middle District of North Carolina; the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals; and the District of Columbia. She started her practice with this firm as an associate in 1995. She became a partner in 1998.

Ms. O’Malley is a North Carolina Bar Certified Specialist in Social Security Disability Law. She was an original board member for the specialization committee.

Ms. O’Malley has appeal and won cases Social Security disability cases in Federal District such as Joyner v. Barnhart. She won Hines v. Barnhart in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. This case reaffirmed important rights for Social Security claimants to prove their disability through testimony regarding how pain limits their ability to work. She also won Willey v. Williamson Produce, a workers compensation case, before the North Carolina Supreme Court.

Ms. O’Malley is a member of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice. She is actively involved in their Disability Advocacy Section. She has served as education chair; vice chair and chair of the Disability Advocacy Section. She continues to participate in their education programs. She is a member of the American Association for Justice. She has served as the chair of their Disability Law Section. She is also a member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimant’s Representatives.

She has been a speaker on Social Security Seminars in North Carolina and around the United States.

Her resume follows:

ADMITTED

• North Carolina Bar August 26, 1994
• District of Columbia November 8, 1996
• Federal District Court Eastern District of North Carolina September 22, 1998
• Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals January 27, 2003
• Federal District Court Middle District of North Carolina, December 8, 2010

 

EXPERIENCE

Partner, O'Malley Tunstall, PLLC
1998-Present
Practice Areas: Social Security Disability, Workers' Compensation, Personal Injury

 

BOARD CERTIFICATION

Specialist, Social Security Disability Law
2006 – Present

 

MEMBERSHIPS

• North Carolina Advocates for Justice
• American Association for Justice
• NOSSCR
• North Carolina Bar Association

 

OFFICES HELD

North Carolina State Bar
Board Member, Social Security Specialization Committee
2006 - 2009

North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
Board of Governors
2004-2007

Past Chair, Disability Advocacy Section,
2003-2005

Chair, Disability Advocacy Section,
2002-2003

Vice Chair, Disability Advocacy Section,
1998-2000

Education Chair, Disability Advocacy Section,
1998-2000

Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Chair, Social Security Disability Law Section,
2001-2002

Chair Elect, Social Security Disability Law Section,
2000-2001

Newsletter Editor, Security Disability Law Section,
1999-2000

 

ARTICLES

Appended Motion requesting the "Struck Jury" system in voir dire in the article by David Ball, Tips & Strategies – The "Struck System" of Jury Selection, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, February 3, 1997.

Daubert versus Social Security's Medical Expert, ATLA Social Security Disability Law Section Newsletter, Vol. IV, Number 1 Fall 2000.

Effective Interaction with the Government: How to Get Results With Minimal Delays, NCATL Social Security Law Seminar, 1996.

Jimmie R. Keel and Susan M. O'Malley, Use of Lay Testimony to Prove Disability in Pain Cases, NCATL Social Security Law Seminar, 1995.

 

PRESENTATIONS

• Co-Chair for NCAJ’s Social Security; A Primer for a New Decade, Fayetteville, NC, 2011
• Speaker at AAJ’s Social Security Success Seminar, Las Vegas, NV, 2010
• Speaker at AAJ's Social Security Success! Seminar, Las Vegas, NV, 2008.
• Speaker at NCATL Social Security Disability Law Seminar, Cary, NC, 2007.
• Panelist at NOSSCR Seminar, Baltimore, MD 2007.
• Speaker at NCATL Social Security Disability Law Seminar, Winston-Salem, NC, 2006.
• Speaker at NCATL Social Security Disability Law Seminar, Winston-Salem, NC, 2006.
• Speaker at North Carolina Bar Association Social Security Law Seminar, Cary, NC, 2004
• Panelist at ATLA Social Security Disability Law Seminar, Boston, MA, 2004
• Speaker at Wake Forest University School of Law General Practice Symposium, Raleigh, NC, 2004
• Speaker at Wake Forest University School of Law General Practice Symposium, Raleigh, NC, 2003
• Moderator for ATLA Social Security Disability Law Seminar, Atlanta, GA, 2002
• Speaker at ATLA Social Security Disability Law Seminar, Chicago, IL, 2000
• Panelist at ATLA Social Security Disability Law Seminar, San Francisco, CA, 1999
• Speaker at NCATL Social Security Law Seminar, Greensboro, NC, 1996

 

EDUCATION

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law
Juris Doctor May 1994

Honors and Activities:

• Holderness Moot Court Invitational Team - 1993 to 1994
• Dean's List, Academic Years - 1992 to 1993, 1993 to 1994
• Student Bar Association, Secretary
• Student Bar Association, Treasurer
• Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity, Chapter Clerk

 

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
B.S., Administration of Criminal Justice, May 1990

Minor: Psychology

Honors and Activities:

• Cum Laude Graduate.
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Fraternity.
• Alpha Phi Sigma (Criminal Justice Honor Society).
• Phi Eta Sigma Honor Fraternity.

 

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