AVARD Law Offices, P.A. - Social Security Disability

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY & LONG TERM DISABILITY

Attorneys at Avard Law Offices, P.A. have been handling Social Security and Long Term Disability cases since 1981.
When selecting a Social Security Disability Attorney it is important to know if the Attorney will take your case up through the Federal Court system. Many representatives handling Social Security Disability cases do not appeal to the Federal Courts. Avard Law Offices, P.A. has numerous published cases and cases on West Law concerning important issues on Social Security Disability matters.

In addition, Attorney Avard was a participating lecturer for the Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Courses in Tampa and Miami at a seminar on Effective Advocacy Before The Appeals Council and Beyond, 2000.

Avard Law Offices, P.A. has a trained staff with extensive knowledge of the inner workings of the Social Security Administration. Rita Taulbee has 30 years experience working for Social Security Headquarters in Baltimore, as well as in the local district Social Security Office. William D. Belanger has 33 years experience working for the SSA, including 17 years in the Office of the Chief Administrative Law Judge and 5 years as a Senior Analyst with the Appeals Council. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University. In addition to his extensive experience in the SSA appeals process, he also has 11 years experience in the Chicago and Fort Myers SSA district offices. He is a staff consultant with Avard Law Offices, P.A.

Avard Law Offices, P.A. has handled Long Term Disability cases against insurance companies with equal vigor and has litigated ERISA cases in the Federal Courts.

VETERANS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND VETERANS DISABILITY CLAIMS

Avard Law Offices, P.A. handles medical malpractice claims where the malpractice has occurred within a Veterans Hospital or Clinic. These claims include such things as traumatic brain injuries during birth, surgical mishaps, failure to biopsy, and a variety of other types of negligence. In addition, we handle all types of Veterans Disability claims that go before the Board of Veterans Appeals and the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals.

EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION

Avard Law Offices, P.A. handles employment discrimination cases that are based on the following types of discrimination: disability, race, color, age, religion or sex, such as sexual harassment, retaliation against an individual for filing a charge of discrimination, participating in an investigation, or opposing discriminatory practices, and discrimination against the handicapped or disabled in the hiring or firing, compensation, or promotion.

At Avard Law Offices, P.A., we practice law with one goal in mind: our clients come first. To meet this goal, we keep up-to-date with all the current changes in the law and have many published cases that have, in fact, changed the law for the better for our clients.

ELDER LAW ASSITANCE

Avard Law Offices, P.A. can assist you with Medicaid eligibility, wills, trusts, special needs trust, revocable trusts, estate planning, powers of attorney, advance directives, guardianships, nursing home and assisted living eligibility, nursing home and assisted living negligence actions, verterans' pensions plus aid and attendance for nursing homes and assisted living facility, long term care planning. (Click on publications, awards, presentations).

VETERANS BENEFITS

Avard Law Offices, P.A. handles Veterans disability compensation and pension claims; aid and attendacne claims to assist Vets and their families obtain nursing home and assisted living benefits; long term care planning for Vets, claims caused by VA health care negligence at a VA hospital facility.

MEDICARE BENEFITS

Avard Law Offices, P.A. provides legal assistance on appeals of denials of Medicare benefits claims.