OliverYoung

Oliver concentrates his practice on general commercial litigation. A former NYS Supreme Court, Eighth Judicial District principal court attorney, he has extensive experience serving as a matrimonial referee, making recommendations relative to the dissolution of marriage as well as in matters involving maintenance, custody, child support, distributing financial assets, and other ancillary financial issues.

Oliver additionally has significant research and writing experience, including disposing sundry motions. He has handled Article 78 petitions and other special proceedings, coordinated the processing of in rem property actions, and facilitated the NYS Supreme Court’s videoconferencing initiative designed, in part, to ease court congestion.

• Bar Association of Erie County, Board of Directors Former President; Former Director; and Former Young Lawyers’ Committee Chair
• Minority Bar Association of Western New York, Member
• New York State Bar Association, Elected Delegate to the House of Delegates; Task Force on Racial Injustice and Police Reform Member; Task Force on Racism, Social Equity, and the Law, Housing Committee Co-Chair;Former Executive Committee Member; and Former Committee on Law, Youth, and Citizenship Chair
• American Bar Association, Member

• New York State Unified Court System, Commission to Reimagine the Future of New York Courts, Pandemic Practices Working Group Member
• Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority, NYS Comptroller-Appointed Director
• New York Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity International, Former Justice of the Buffalo Alumni Chapter
• Western New York Law Center, Former Board of Directors President and Member
• NYS Supreme Court, Eighth Judicial District, Former Gender and Racial Fairness Committee Member