What Social Security Attorneys Should Know About ERISA to Help Their Clients – 2026 Spring National Conference – Track II (Presented by National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives)

Audrey C. Dolmovich, Esq., Partner | Eric Buchanan & Associates

Audrey C. Dolmovich is a partner at Eric Buchanan & Associates and a passionate advocate dedicated to representing individuals denied insurance benefits. Her practice is defined by a one-on-one approach to legal representation, centered on understanding each client’s unique circumstances and building the kind of strong attorney-client relationships that effective advocacy requires. Audrey joined the firm after graduating from Faulkner University’s Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, where she served as Executive Director of Service, Witness Coordinator for the Mockingbird National Trial Competition, and a board member of the Board of Advocates. She also gained hands-on dispute resolution experience through volunteer mediation work in small claims court in Montgomery, Alabama. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, with a minor in Legal Studies, from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

• Education & Credentials

Audrey earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a minor in Legal Studies from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, before earning her Juris Doctor from Faulkner University’s Thomas Goode Jones School of Law. At Jones School of Law, she was deeply engaged in both advocacy and service, serving as Executive Director of Service, Witness Coordinator for the Mockingbird National Trial Competition, and a board member of the Board of Advocates. Her volunteer work as a mediator in the school’s mediation clinic in small claims court in Montgomery, Alabama provided practical dispute resolution training that complements her litigation-focused legal education and informs her client-centered approach to representation.

• Recognition & Leadership

Audrey’s elevation to partner at Eric Buchanan & Associates reflects the firm’s confidence in her advocacy and her client-centered approach to insurance benefits litigation. Her law school record, serving simultaneously as Executive Director of Service, Witness Coordinator for a national trial competition, and a board member of the Board of Advocates, demonstrates the leadership and organizational capacity she has brought to her legal career from its earliest stages. Her volunteer mediation work in small claims court adds a collaborative, problem-solving dimension to a professional profile defined by advocacy, leadership, and service.

• Professional Involvement

As a partner at Eric Buchanan & Associates, Audrey’s professional involvement centers on representing individuals who have been wrongfully denied insurance benefits, a practice that demands both technical command of insurance and disability law and the interpersonal skills to guide clients through what are often the most difficult periods of their lives. Her one-on-one approach to representation reflects a deliberate professional philosophy: that understanding each client’s unique challenges is not just good client service but the foundation of effective legal advocacy. Her law school leadership in trial competition coordination and student advocacy organizations laid the groundwork for a practice defined by preparation, connection, and care.

• Experience

Audrey Dolmovich joined Eric Buchanan & Associates after a law school career marked by substantial leadership and practical legal training at Faulkner’s Thomas Goode Jones School of Law. Her roles as Executive Director of Service, Mockingbird National Trial Competition Witness Coordinator, and Board of Advocates board member reflect an engaged and capable law student who arrived at her firm already steeped in advocacy, competition, and service. Her mediation clinic experience in Montgomery small claims court added a practical dispute resolution foundation to her trial-focused training. As a partner at Eric Buchanan & Associates, she brings that full preparation to the representation of clients denied insurance benefits, combining legal rigor with the genuine human connection that defines her approach to every case she handles.

I. What Social Security Attorneys Should Know About ERISA to Help Their Clients | 5:15pm – 6:30pm

Many clients with a social security claim also have a long term disability claim that falls under ERISA. It is important for SSDI attorneys to know how the claims work together and the differing terms.