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 About Us - Our Legal Services |
For over 23 years, Olinsky & Shurtliff have been fighting for people like you. Fighting to obtain the benefits you are entitled to from SSA, WC, LTD Insurance Companies and now the Veterans Administration. We go to battle so you can focus solely on improving your health. Disability Law is all we do, as a result we know how to coordinate the "big picture" and maximize your benefits. Our team, consisting of Attorneys, Paralegals and Legal Assistants with years of experience have been extensively trained in Social Security Disability Law, Worker's Compensation, Veteran's Disability Law, and Long-Term Disability Law. Many of our clients ultimately receive payments from more than one benefit program.
If you cant work because of an injury, illness, mental health reason or are just a "warn out worker," we want to talk to you. And you will be happy you talked to us!
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| Disability Case Summaries |
We have put together several of our legal case summaries for you to read to understand how our expertise and understanding of the relevant laws can be used to win a case. Feel free to follow the link below to read several of our case summaries to see how we approached the case from a legal standpoint and how we prevailed for our clients.
1. Barbera v. Barnhart, 151 Fed.Appx. 31, 2005 WL 2460700 (C.A.2 (N.Y.)) United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, October 4, 2005.
The claimant won remand from the Court of Appeals 2nd Cir. The Court held that an administrative law judge may not disregard or decline to address a treating physician's medical opinion in a disability benefits case on the grounds that the information provided is incomplete, without first attempting to obtain the missing information. Howard Olinsky argued the case, Jaya Shurtliff assisted on the brief.
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| When You Are Disabled or Injured |
When you are disabled or injured, the last thing you need is the stress of fighting an insurance company or the government for the workers compensation, social security or long term disability benefits you deserve. For over 23 years, the attorneys at Olinsky & Shurtliff have been fighting to maintain economic security for clients like you. This way, you can focus solely on improving your health. As
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