Craig Polhemus, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Social Security Disability
- Veterans Benefits
- Medical Malpractice
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, Juris Doctor Degree, 1977
- Princeton University, B.A., Cum Laude, 1974
- Craig Polhemus was an editor of the Georgetown Law Journal
Bar Admissions
- New York – 1978
- Florida – 2011
Professional Achievements & Memberships
- Board Certified Social Security Attorney Certified by National Board of Trial Advocacy
Relevant Experience
- Counsel and Staff Director, U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
- Primary author of PL 96-180 and 96-181, reauthorizing and reforming programs of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and National Institute on Drug Abuse
- General Counsel, New York State Office for the Aging
- Directed statewide legal services program for older New Yorkers
- Wrote numerous New York State laws affecting the elderly
- Economist, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Wrote monthly column and annual summaries of “Significant Decisions in Labor Cases” for the Monthly Labor Review
- Author, “Labor Relations”, Dow Jones-Irwin Business Almanac, 1977 and 1978
- Executive Director, American Accounting Association
- Executive Director, Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA)
- Wrote column on legal ethics for the Sarasota County Bar Association newsletter
Presentations & Lectures
- NOSSCR Conference: New Orleans, LA 2019 – “Bypassing the Administrative Agency”
- NOSSCR Conference: Washington DC, 2017 – “The Double-Edged Disabilities: Drug and Alcohol Abuse”