Diabetes is tough enough without being confronted with discrimination at work or school; having your driving license suspended due to a low blood sugar incident; being refused proper and necessary care by a health insurance carrier, HMO, nursing home, or other caregiver. I have Type One diabetes, and have faced some of these problems in my own life and worked with thousands of ohers over the past twenty years in handling legal problems related to diabetes.
As a volunteer for the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial ("DCCT") sponsored by the United States National Institutes of Health, I learned early on how to manage and live well with diabetes. It wasn't easy. Along the way I faced many of the problems that those of us with a serious chronic illness often face but, as an attorney, I had the knowledge and background to find a way to respond without my rights, interests and health being compromised.
I set up this website, Diabetes Attorney, as a way to work with others and to offer guidance and legal assistance on diabetes related legal matters.
As a volunteer for the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial ("DCCT") sponsored by the United States National Institutes of Health, I learned early on how to manage and live well with diabetes. It wasn't easy. Along the way I faced many of the problems that those of us with a serious chronic illness often face but, as an attorney, I had the knowledge and background to find a way to respond without my rights, interests and health being compromised.
I set up this website, Diabetes Attorney, as a way to work with others and to offer guidance and legal assistance on diabetes related legal matters.
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Kriss Halpern is a trial attorney licensed to practice in the State of California and the Central, Southern and Northern Districts of the United States Ninth Circuit, and the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
He was an Editor of the Law Review at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law and a Member of the University's National Moot Court team before his graduation in 1987.
He graduated Magna Cum Laude with High Honors in History and English and American Literature from Brandeis University in 1983, where he was an Editor of the student newspaper, The Justice, and an elected member of the University's Presidential Search Committee.
He was an Editor of the Law Review at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law and a Member of the University's National Moot Court team before his graduation in 1987.
He graduated Magna Cum Laude with High Honors in History and English and American Literature from Brandeis University in 1983, where he was an Editor of the student newspaper, The Justice, and an elected member of the University's Presidential Search Committee.
As a trial lawyer in California who has type 1 diabetes, I have represented more than two dozen people with diabetes whose driver's licenses were suspended by the state Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
While all of my clients eventually had their licenses returned, they all suffered emotionally and financially while inadequately trained and overworked DMV hearing officers delayed and denied the return of their driving rights for weeks or months at a time.
California law, like that of all states, provides that a driver's license may be suspended if a person with diabetes is found to be an unsafe driver.
While all of my clients eventually had their licenses returned, they all suffered emotionally and financially while inadequately trained and overworked DMV hearing officers delayed and denied the return of their driving rights for weeks or months at a time.
California law, like that of all states, provides that a driver's license may be suspended if a person with diabetes is found to be an unsafe driver.
Advising the Department of Motor Vehicles in California that you have diabetes will not necessarily result in a loss of your driving license.
In most cases, it will not.
If the DMV becomes concerned that you are an unsafe driver after reviewing the answers provided, your license may be suspended; or, you may be ordered to attend a hearing to answer additional questions about your diabetes.
Problems are likely to arise at this stage.
Doctors are not normally paid to fill out these forms.
Doctors do not always spend a lot of time answering these forms and may not fully understand how to fill them out.
In most cases, it will not.
If the DMV becomes concerned that you are an unsafe driver after reviewing the answers provided, your license may be suspended; or, you may be ordered to attend a hearing to answer additional questions about your diabetes.
Problems are likely to arise at this stage.
Doctors are not normally paid to fill out these forms.
Doctors do not always spend a lot of time answering these forms and may not fully understand how to fill them out.
Diabetes and the Law: Health Insurance, Employment and Costs of Care - Taking Control of Your Diabetes.
Diabetes occurrence is skyrocketing in the United States.
Nearly 26 million Americans already have diabetes, although as many as 7 million are undiagnosed.
In addition to those currently affected, approximately 79 million adults are at risk of developing diabetes.
Predictions indicate that as many as one in three Americans may have diabetes by 2050.
The economic cost of diagnosed diabetes in the U.S. is estimated to be $245 billion annually, which includes direct health care costs and indirect costs such as disability, work loss, and premature mortality.
Diabetes occurrence is skyrocketing in the United States.
Nearly 26 million Americans already have diabetes, although as many as 7 million are undiagnosed.
In addition to those currently affected, approximately 79 million adults are at risk of developing diabetes.
Predictions indicate that as many as one in three Americans may have diabetes by 2050.
The economic cost of diagnosed diabetes in the U.S. is estimated to be $245 billion annually, which includes direct health care costs and indirect costs such as disability, work loss, and premature mortality.
The information contained in this website is solely for informational purposes and does not create an attorney-client relationship or constitute legal advice.
You may contact Kriss Halpern by electronic mail; however, sending electronic mail does not establish an attorney-client relationship.
Sending electronic mail does not obligate Kriss Halpern to represent you.
The information on this website is not a substitute for professional consultation and service, generally or in a particular case.
Most of the material appearing on this site has been prepared by Kriss Halpern, who is admitted to practice only in the State of California, the Central, Southern and Northern Districts of the Ninth Circuit Federal Court, and the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
You may contact Kriss Halpern by electronic mail; however, sending electronic mail does not establish an attorney-client relationship.
Sending electronic mail does not obligate Kriss Halpern to represent you.
The information on this website is not a substitute for professional consultation and service, generally or in a particular case.
Most of the material appearing on this site has been prepared by Kriss Halpern, who is admitted to practice only in the State of California, the Central, Southern and Northern Districts of the Ninth Circuit Federal Court, and the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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