ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. recently won a Social Security Disability Income case for a client whose 500 weeks of workers compensation benefits had been paid and whose wage loss file had been closed by the insurance company and the government. Scheduled to appear before an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) in Baltimore, Maryland, our young client had…
Continue readingOne recurrent question clients and their families ask is, “Why does the federal government take so long to get to, and then decide, our Social Security Disability case?” A huge number of cases are filed each year, and there are several stages at which they can be denied or delayed. As the graph on page…
Continue readingForgive me. I am one of those people who need a picture or diagram to understand process and procedure. A diagram or flow chart enables me to grasp multi-step processes and then explain them to my clients. For example, I show the steps necessary to prevail in a Social Security Disability Income claim as a…
Continue readingThat’s right, Doug Landau gave out underwear at the Trial Lawyers National Convention ! Why would he do this ? To encourage lawyers from all over the United States to send in their legal briefs, forms, memoranda, case reports and tips to help other disabled Americans. As Chairman of the ATLA Social Security and Disability…
Continue readingWith the advent of the Medicare Coordination of Benefits (COB) section, counsel for the claimants must consider and work with Medicare issues in nearly every Workers Compensation settlement. COB’s mandate, to enforce federal statutes and regulations so as to recover health care payments by the Medicare program during the pendency of an injury claim or…
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