Our firm has been instrumental in providing differently-abled public employees the legal assistance they deserve. Established in 1971, our firm specializes in public employee medical disability retirement. Our firm has successfully represented thousands of public employees in their medical disability retirement claims or disputes. Has anyone told you that you no longer have a job after leaving work to recover from an injury or an illness?
The legal system can be intimidating. Even more, it can also be overwhelming to those who are unfamiliar with it. We're here to help find the answers and create the solutions you need. While our offices are in Southern California, we also serve clients throughout the state. We offer a range of services for public employees looking for a medical disability retirement claim.
Furthermore, our firm handles the applications, administrative hearings, superior court proceedings, and appellate court review. We have made a mark in the disability retirement law practice, and we will continue to do so in the coming years.
The legal system can be intimidating. Even more, it can also be overwhelming to those who are unfamiliar with it. We're here to help find the answers and create the solutions you need. While our offices are in Southern California, we also serve clients throughout the state. We offer a range of services for public employees looking for a medical disability retirement claim.
Furthermore, our firm handles the applications, administrative hearings, superior court proceedings, and appellate court review. We have made a mark in the disability retirement law practice, and we will continue to do so in the coming years.
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Most police officers and firefighters are covered for disability retirement by the California Public Employee's Retirement System.
Here it should not be assumed that the officer or firefighter should file the initial claim themselves.
If your employer has already treated you as being disabled, the employer is the one with the mandatory duty to file the application.
This valuable right is often overlooked when the employer advises you to ". just file your application and if its denied, then we'll figure out what to do next."
Here it should not be assumed that the officer or firefighter should file the initial claim themselves.
If your employer has already treated you as being disabled, the employer is the one with the mandatory duty to file the application.
This valuable right is often overlooked when the employer advises you to ". just file your application and if its denied, then we'll figure out what to do next."
Have you been told you no longer have a job after leaving work to recover from an injury or an illness?.
Surprisingly, employers are often unwilling to make accommodations for recovery from a disability.
Instead, they urge you or force the employee into early retirement.
In many cases, employees who choose to file for disability retirement benefits meet with resistance from their employer.
The narrow focus of our firm allows us to provide aggressive and confident representation of all public workers covered by the two statewide retirement systems, including CalPERS (California Public Employee Retirement System) and CERL, (1937 County Employees Retirement Law).
Surprisingly, employers are often unwilling to make accommodations for recovery from a disability.
Instead, they urge you or force the employee into early retirement.
In many cases, employees who choose to file for disability retirement benefits meet with resistance from their employer.
The narrow focus of our firm allows us to provide aggressive and confident representation of all public workers covered by the two statewide retirement systems, including CalPERS (California Public Employee Retirement System) and CERL, (1937 County Employees Retirement Law).
Jane is the managing partner at Faunce, Singer & Oatman.
For the past 25 years, she has enjoyed an excellent reputation for her litigation of hundreds of California state, county, and city employees' disability pension matters including Peace Officers and Firefighters across the State.
At the same time, her career has been devoted to helping workers seek justice in the workplace.
She has experience representing employees in many employment areas including in Fair Employment and Housing Act cases for disability, race, gender discrimination as well as sexual harassment cases.
For the past 25 years, she has enjoyed an excellent reputation for her litigation of hundreds of California state, county, and city employees' disability pension matters including Peace Officers and Firefighters across the State.
At the same time, her career has been devoted to helping workers seek justice in the workplace.
She has experience representing employees in many employment areas including in Fair Employment and Housing Act cases for disability, race, gender discrimination as well as sexual harassment cases.
A disability pension (DP) case picks up where your workers' compensation (WC) case ends.
WC tries to get you medically rehabilitated to return to work, but if you are not able to return to your former job, then you may have a DP case.
One other difference is that WC cases require that you have suffered an industrial injury or illness.
DP cases may be based on non-industrial injuries or illness.
Unlike workers' compensation or personal injury cases, the pension systems do not pay the attorney fees directly to the attorneys.
WC tries to get you medically rehabilitated to return to work, but if you are not able to return to your former job, then you may have a DP case.
One other difference is that WC cases require that you have suffered an industrial injury or illness.
DP cases may be based on non-industrial injuries or illness.
Unlike workers' compensation or personal injury cases, the pension systems do not pay the attorney fees directly to the attorneys.
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