The Wall Street Times recently profiled our founding partner, Mark DeBofsky, and his four decades representing people whose disability, life, and accidental death benefits were denied. You can read it here: How Mark DeBofsky Is Helping Policyholders Pursue the Insurance Benefits They Were Promised. One line in it deserves more room than a profile can […]
If your long-term disability benefit claim was just denied, your first instinct is probably to gather more records and send them to the insurance company with the expectation that a little more evidence will suffice. That instinct is the right one, but the stakes are higher than most people expect. In most ERISA disability cases, […]
ERISA is an acronym for the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Most people have never heard of ERISA, but its comprehensiveness impacts the vast majority of American workers and their dependents. The original intent behind ERISA’s enactment was to remedy pension plan abuses; however, just prior to Congress’ passage of the ERISA law, the scope […]
There are three occasions when someone would consider hiring a lawyer for a disability insurance claim: Before filing a claim, after a claim has been denied, and prior to filing a lawsuit. […]
There are over 1.3 million lawyers in the U.S. today, but when you’ve been wrongfully denied a critical benefit, how can the average person figure out how to choose the right lawyer to handle your case? […]
Receipt of disability benefits raises several tax issues. The resolution of such matters concerning disability benefits is often unclear and can sometimes be highly complex. For that reason, this blog is not intended to be an exhaustive discussion of the potential issues […]