Young Lawyers Section

Lauren Sharkey
Young Lawyers Section

Lauren Sharkey is the chair of the Young Lawyers Section.

Sharkey is a partner of Cioffi • Slezak • Wildgrube P.C. She practices in the areas of estate planning and administration, elder law, business law and real estate.

Within the State Bar, Sharkey is the Young Lawyers Section's liaison to the Elder Law and Special Needs Law Section, and 4th District Representative. She also serves on the NYSBA Elder Law and Special Needs Law Section’s Executive Committee as a Vice-Chair of the Membership Committee and through that role she helped to create the Young Lawyers’ Committee within the Section.  Locally, Lauren is the co-chair of the Schenectady County Bar Association’s Young Lawyers’ Committee and the co-chair of the Trusts, Estates, and Elder Law Committee.  She is also a member of the Capital District Women’s Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

Sharkey is a graduate of Albany Law School and Pace University.