• Don't Go Into Battle Alone
    Make no mistake, the workers compensation system in New York is adversarial and contentious. Insurance carriers are represented by a small army of attorneys aimed at minimizing your benefits. Be prepared with your own army.

Oot & Associates, PLLC

Lawyers for Injured Workers

 
Oot & Associates -- Legal Team
David J. Philippone, Esq

Partner

Born: Rochester, New York, 1968; admitted to bar, 1992, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1993, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: St. John Fisher College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1989); Syracuse University (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Recipient: Dean's Most Outstanding Contribution Award, 1992; American Jurisprudence Award in Criminal Law, 1992. Member: Justinian Honorary Law Society. Editor-in-Chief: Legislative Research Bureau, Syracuse University, 1991-1992. Member: Onondaga County (Co-Chairperson, Young Lawyers Section 1993). President: Central New York Worker's Compensation Bar Association 2002 to 2005 ( Vice-President 1999 to 2002). Member: Injured Workers' Bar Association. Member: National Organization of Social Security Claimant's Representatives. Administrative Practice and Procedures Committee of New York State Worker's Compensation Board. PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate Law; Worker's Compensation Law, Social Security Disability. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Member Western Area Volunteer Emergency Service, Inc. 1998 to date (Board Member, 2002 to 2004). Member Camillus Youth Hockey Association, 2002 to date (Board Member 2006 to present).
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James P. McGevna, Esq.

Partner

Born: Fort Meade, Maryland, 1963; admitted to Bar, 1992 Connecticut; 1993 New York; 1994 U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Villanova University (B.A., 1986), Syracuse University (J.D. 1991). Member: New York State Bar Association. AREAS OF PRACTICE: Workers' Compensation and Social Security Disability.
 
Neal P. McCurn, Jr., Esq.

Partner

Born: Syracuse, New York, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: St. Michael's College; LeMoyne College (B.S. 1987); Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., 1990). Member: Onondaga County, New York State and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; New York State Bar Association-Trial Lawyers Section; National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives. PRACTICE AREAS: Accident and Personal Injury Law; Social Security Law; Workers' Compensation Law, and Criminal Law.
 
Leah A. Oot, Esq.

Partner

Born: Syracuse, New York, 1964. Admitted to the Bar of the State of New York in January, 2000. Education: St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing, Syracuse, New York, (Registered Professional Nursing Diploma, 1985); Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, (B.A., magna cum laude, 1997), Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York, (J.D., 1999). Member: Golden Key National Honor Society; Alpha Sigma Lambda, Beta Delta Chapter; Onondaga County Bar Association, American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association. AREAS OF PRACTICE: New York State Workers' Compensation, Social Security Disability and Personal Injury.
 
John F. McDonough, Jr., Esq.

Senior Counsel

Born: Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, 1955; admitted to bar, 1984, New York. EDUCATION: Christian Brothers Academy (Syracuse, 1973); State University of New York at Brockport (B.P.S., cum laude, 1977; University of Toledo(J.D., 1982). MEMBER: Onondaga, New York State Bar Associations; Workers' Compensation Bar Association of Central New York; Injured Workers' Bar Association. PRACTICE AREAS: Workers' Compensation Law; Social Security Law.