Sean Doolan, Attorney at Law

Staff Profiles

Sean Doolan Sean J. Doolan, Esq.

Sean is the lead litigation attorney in the firm. He is primarily responsible for nursing home cases, select criminal matters, and other civil matters.

Sean graduated from Pace University School of Law in 1994. He started his career as an Assistant District Attorney in Bronx County prosecuting white-collar crimes. He later worked as a DWI Prosecutor in Greene County. He has also worked for an insurance defense firm defending personal injury claims. Sean is of Counsel on select nursing home matters to the Law Offices of Martin, Harding, & Mazzotti, LLP of Troy-Schenectady Road in Albany, NY; Fellows, Hymowitz, and Epstein, LLC in Rockland County, NY; and Ferro, Kuba, Mangano, Skylar in New York City. These relationships permit Sean to handle nursing home cases in most counties throughout New York State.
Sean has recently been honored to co-author a chapter on litigation strategies in the book, Nursing Home Litigation: Investigation and Case Preparation, 2nd Edition, published by Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company. Sean also co-authored a chapter and revised a second chapter in another book for the Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company, Nursing Malpractice, 3d Ed.

Sean has been a guest lecturer at numerous Nursing Home/Assisted Living Litigation and Negligence seminars. Some of the organizations that he lectured for include: American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC), Lorman Education Services, Professional Education Systems Institute, LLC (PESI), Greene County Department of the Aging, New York State Bar Association, Rockland County Bar Association, and the Albany County Bar Association. (Please click link to Office News/ Speaking Engagements for more detailed information.)

Sean is a member of the Greene County Bar Association, Albany County Bar Association, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice (formerly known as the American Trial Lawyers Association). He is also a member of the Nursing Home Group of the American Association of Justice and a New York based nursing home litigation group of plaintiff attorneys.

Sean is an active member of his community and volunteers his time as a legal adviser and board member to the Catskill Boxing Gym. Sean is married with a teenage son and resides in Ashland, New York. Sean and his family moved from Bronx County, New York to the mountain top in 1998 after having visited the area for years.

E-Mail Sean Doolan or call (518) 734-4788 Ext.101

Stacey A. Koeppel
Litigation Paralegal Stacy Koeppel

Stacey joined our staff in April 2005 as an administrative/legal assistant and has been promoted to paralegal. She grew up in West Babylon, Long Island, where she attended Katharine Gibbs School in Melville. While attending Katharine Gibbs, she received many awards including Gold Key awards for her volunteer time in tutoring other students, and was on the school’s President’s List for the entire duration. She graduated in the top of her class with a 4.0 average, and received a certificate in their Legal Executive Assistant program. She worked at a general practice firm on Long Island for two years before she decided to make the big move to the country. Stacey has continued her education and has joined the firm as a Paralegal, working mainly with Mr. Doolan on the firm’s nursing home litigation cases. Stacey recently became a member of the National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA).

E-Mail Stacey Koeppel or call (518) 734-4788 Ext.102

Sharon Knudsen Sharon Knudson

Sharon joined our staff in September 2006 as a bookkeeping and accounts receivable clerk. Her role has now expanded to assistant in the real estate practice. She grew up in New Jersey and lived overseas in Denmark before moving to the mountain top with her husband and two children.

Sharon is a graduate of the University of Delaware and did an internship in Child Life Therapy at the Johns Hopkins Medical Center. She has had a 15 year career working with children and adults with special needs before entering this new profession.

We are glad to have Sharon in our firm.