This afternoon Doug Landau once again helped out a partner at the Reston Virginia law firm of Dain, Walker, Sobhani & Nicoli with questions about one of their personal injury cases. The ABRAMS LANDAU trial lawyer is regularly called by experienced lawyers from all over Northern Virginia to assist them and their disabled clients. Landau…
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If you are injured on the job or seeking Social Security Disability, and you get a NOTICE FROM THE GOVERNMENT – FOLLOW THE SIGNS ! Don’t be a “Dodo bird,” but be like the Albatross, shown here. Follow the instructions and take care to pay careful attention to the time deadlines on official notifications. Failure…
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Workers Compensation and Social Security Legal Assistant Dianna Meredith of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., received a call of thanks today from a Workers Compensation client whose Virginia comp claim had been successfully settled for a lump sum of $150,000 almost a year ago. This West Virginia man was pleased to report that his Social Security Disability…
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Medicare Set Asides are becoming required in the settlement of permanent disability compensation cases. In light of the confusion and delays caused by this relatively new requirement, CMS has Published WCMSA Operating Rules. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has now published a copy of its Operating Rules regarding the evaluation of set-aside…
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According to NOSSCR (the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives), the user fee rises each year because it has an automatic Cost-of-Living-Adjustment. [info@nosscr-news.info] The fee cap for fee agreements does not rise each year because it has no automatic Cost-of-Living-Adjustment. By statute, the Commissioner has the discretion, but not the mandate, to raise the…
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