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More New York Workers' Compensation Reform On the Way?

Read carefully the letter released today simultaneously with Governor Eliot Spitzer’s signing of the new Workers’ Compensation Reform bill into law. You can al... Continue Reading

Nassau Lawyer Speaks on New York Workers' Compensation Reform Bill

I was interviewed the other day by WorkersComp Central, a national on-line newspaper dedicated to workers’ compensation issues, on the impact of the new Spitzer New York Workers’ Comp R... Continue Reading

Insight on Spitzer's New York Workers' Compensation Reform Agreement

Over the past few months, you may have noticed a precipitous drop in the number of posts to the New York Disability Lawyer Blog. However, as Co-Chair of the New York Workers’ Comp... Continue Reading

Lawyers Give Joint Seminar on Ground Zero Workers' Compensation Claims and Lawsuits

It was my pleasure to give a seminar recently to volunteer firefighters at the Bellmore Fire District on Long Island about their rights to workers’ compensation (even as volunt... Continue Reading

New Year, New Format for New York Disability Law Blog!

Welcome to the newly designed New York Disability Law Blog! As you will notice, I changed the official title of the blog from "The Disabled Worker Law Blog" to the more inform... Continue Reading

Merry Christmas from New York Disability Lawyer!

Well, my seven year old son didn’t get "an official Red Ryder carbine-action, 200-shot, range-model air rifle with a compass in the stock" this Christmas, but he now ... Continue Reading

Long Island Workers' Comp Lawyer Interviewed on NY Workers' Comp Reform

As Co-Chair of the New York Workers’ Compensation Alliance, I was interviewed for an article published Monday at the Workers’ Comp Central web site on the upcoming worke... Continue Reading

New York State Bar Association Workers' Comp Lawyer Seminar

Not another workers’ compensation attorney seminar? That’s what my understanding partners are asking! Yes – but when the prestigious New York State Bar Association ask... Continue Reading

Workers' Compensation Lawyer Lectures about Kelly Calculations at Suffolk County Bar Association

On Monday, November 13th, I will be lecturing at the Suffolk County Bar Association’s Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Committee on the always confusing subject of Workers’ Compensatio... Continue Reading

NY Attorney General Spitzer Fines Disability Claim Insurer UnumProvident

Need another reason to vote for Eliot Spitzer for New York Governor tomorrow? This guy just keeps on working for the little guy (including one of my corporate executive clients receiving over $400... Continue Reading