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Hannalore B. Merritt, Esq.

Managing Partner

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Oakmont PA
Biography:

Hannalore serves as Osterhout Berger Disability Law’s managing partner, bringing years of legal expertise and knowledge to her practice, which concentrates on federal court appeals in the areas of Social Security disability and ERISA.

In 2014, Hannalore and her family moved to Pittsburgh after a ten-year tenure in the Navy while her husband was an officer in the submarine force. Prior to joining Osterhout Berger Disability Law, Hannalore worked as a judicial clerk for three years in the Superior Court of Connecticut and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court. She then joined Waller, Smith and Palmer, PC in New London, Connecticut, where she practiced primarily in the areas of litigation and municipal law.

Hannalore received her bachelor’s degree from The Pennsylvania State University, after which she received a Fulbright Fellowship to study law and political science in Munich, Germany. Hannalore returned to earn her JD magna cum laude from Seattle University School of Law. In addition to practicing law, Hannalore is a past-president of the Greater Pittsburgh Area Chapter of the Fulbright Association and volunteers with various community organizations, including North Hills Community Outreach’s Ask the Attorney Program.

Areas of Practice:

Appellate

Bar Admissions:

Connecticut – 2009
Mississippi – 2019
Pennsylvania – 2017
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit – 2020
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas – 2021
U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas – 2021
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado – 2021
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut – 2013
U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois – 2021
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois – 2021
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana – 2018
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan – 2018
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi – 2019
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi – 2019
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York – 2017
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York – 2020
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York – 2017
U.S. District Court, Western District of New York – 2022
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio – 2019
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania – 2022
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania – 2019
U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania – 2015
U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee – 2019
U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas – 2021
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin – 2020

Education:

Seattle University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude – 2009
The Pennsylvania State University, B.A. – 2004

Professional Associations and Memberships:

National Association of Disability Representatives (NADR)
National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR)
Allegheny County Bar Association, Women in Law Division Council Member

Speaking Engagement:

National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR) Annual Conference
National Association of Disability Representatives (NADR) Annual Conference