Company news: Four Social Security disability lawyers hired by Olinsky Law Group
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
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Olinsky Law Group announced four Central New York residents have been newly hired.
Susan Allen has been hired as a Social Security disability appeals federal court attorney. She earned her J.D. from
Suffolk University Law School in Boston. She also holds bachelor of arts degrees in political science and history from Colgate University in Hamilton. She is a member of the American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, and the Asian American Bar Association. She previously worked for
Long, Hagan, Huff-Harris, LLC,
Brian J. McLaughlin Law and for
Katherine A. Giovacco LAKE PLACID Katherine A. “Kat” Giovacco joined the firm of Flink Maswick Law PLLC as a partner on Nov. 16. Flink Maswick Law has offices in the Capital District, but its home base of operation is at 2577 Main St. It traces its roots back to a law firm established at that building 50 years ago by Favor R. Smith, who merged his practice with Ed Flink’s law firm in 2004, as Flink and his firm were looking to establish a Lake Placid office to serve its rapidly growing client base. Ed Flink and Jamey Maswick, both St. Lawrence University grads, teamed up shortly thereafter, Maswick joining what was then Flink Smith Law while he was a law student at Albany Law, from which both he and Flink also graduated. Favor J. Smith has been of counsel to FM Law since its founding on Jan. 1, 2019, primarily working in the firm’s real estate, matrimonial and criminal law practice areas, as well as doing motion and appellate work in FM Law’s thriving commercial and r