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
- New Orleans, LA 2019 “Bypassing the Administrative Agency”
- Washington DC, 2017 “The Double-Edged Disabilities: Drug and Alcohol Abuse”
Board Certified in Social Security Disability by the NBTA. Licensed in both Florida and Massachusetts. Accredited Veterans’ disability attorney.
Board Certified in Social Security Disability by the NBTA. Licensed in both Florida and Michigan. NOSSCR Board of Directors Member.
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