A native of New York, Howard Olinsky represents clients seeking disability benefits, in the areas of NYS workers’ compensation, long-term disability, Social Security, and now disability discrimination. Howard Olinsky has expanded the law firm of Olinsky Law Group, LLP in New York over the last 25 years, and now handles cases nationwide. The firm has won countless cases and helped create new legal standards to protect individuals with disabilities.

In 2010, the Olinsky Law Group, LLP filed more Social Security Disability Federal Court appeals in New York than any other law firm. Howard Olinsky and the 7 other attorneys at the firm are presently representing over 1,300 individuals seeking Social Security benefits and another 600 seeking or receiving workers’ compensation benefits. In addition, Howard Olinsky and his associates established one of the nation’s first Veterans Law groups to defend the injured or ill military men and women before the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and the US Supreme Court.

Howard Olinsky actively participates as a sustaining member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives. A member since 1994, he has attended 18 of the association’s national conferences, which are held across the United States. He belongs to several other industry groups as well, such as the National Organization for Veterans’ Advocates, Inc. and the Central New York Workers’ Compensation Bar Association, Workers Compensation Alliance and Injured Workers Bar Association,

As a leading disability attorney, Howard Olinsky holds admittance to all courts in New York State, including the four U.S. District Courts in NYS, the District Court of Connecticut. He also admitted to practice in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second Circuit, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States. Many legal firms across the country send their clients to his firm for its extensive knowledge of appellate disability representation.