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Susan M. O'Malley

Susan graduated cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration. She graduated from law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1994 with a Juris Doctor degree. Ms. O'Malley is licensed to practice law in North Carolina, the District of Columbia, Federal District Court in the Eastern District of North Carolina, and the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. She joined Keel Law Offices in January 1995. She became a partner in the firm in 1998.

Susan is a North Carolina Bar Certified Specialist in Social Security Disability Law. She was one of the original board members of the North Carolina Bar's Social Security Disability Law Committee.

Susan has appealed and won social security disability cases in Federal District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina such as Joyner v. Barnhart. She argued and won Hines v. Barnhart before the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. This case not only secured Social Security disability benefits for the plaintiff, but it also reaffirmed important rights of all Social Security claimants to prove their disability through evidence of the pain their impairments cause. She also argued Willey v. Williamson Produce successfully before the North Carolina Supreme Court.

Susan is a member of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. As a member of NCATL she has been involved with the Disability Advocacy Section, as Education Chair, Vice Chair, and Chair. She has served on the Board of Governor's for NCATL. She is a member of the American Association for Justice. As a member of AAJ's Disability Law Section, she has been a newsletter editor and Chair. She is a member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives.

Susan also handles cases involving workers' compensation, personal injury and medical malpractice. She has spoken on Social Security in North Carolina and across the country at seminars. Her resume is below.

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

EXPERIENCE          
                                    Partner, Keel O’Malley Tunstall, L.L.P.
                                                  2001-Present

                                    Practice Areas:
                                                Social Security Disability
                                                Workers’ Compensation
                                                Personal Injury
                                                Medical Malpractice

BOARD CERTIFICATION

                                    Specialist, Social Security Disability Law
                                                2006 – Present

MEMBERSHIPS
                                    North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
                                    American Association for Justice
                                    NOSSCR
                                    North Carolina Bar Association

 

OFFICES HELD
                                    North Carolina State Bar

Board Member, Social Security Specialization Committee
                                                            2006-present

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

                        Speaker at AAJ’s Social Security Success! Seminar,
                                    Las Vegas, Nevada, September 2008.

                        Speaker at NCATL Social Security Disability Law Seminar,
                                    Cary, North Carolina, August 2007.

                        Panelist at NOSSCR Seminar,
                                    Baltimore, Maryland 2007.

Speaker at NCATL Social Security Disability Law Seminar,
                                    Winston-Salem, North Carolina December 2006.

Speaker at NCATL Social Security Disability Law Seminar,
                                    Winston-Salem, North Carolina March 2006.

                        Speaker at North Carolina Bar Association Social Security Law Seminar,
                                    Cary, North Carolina, October 2004

                        Panelist at ATLA Social Security Disability LawSeminar,
                                    Boston, Massachusetts 2004

Speaker at Wake Forest University School of Law General Practice
Symposium
                                    Raleigh, North Carolina 2004

Speaker at Wake Forest University School of Law General Practice Symposium
Raleigh, North Carolina 2003

                        Moderator for ATLA Social Security Disability Law Seminar,
                                    Atlanta, Georgia.  2002

                        Speaker at ATLA Social Security Disability Law Seminar,
                                    Chicago, Illinois. 2000

                        Panelist at ATLA Social Security Disability Law Seminar,
                                    San Francisco, California. 1999

                        Speaker at NCATL Social Security Law Seminar,
                                    Greensboro, North Carolina.  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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