Practice Area

ERISA - The Employee Retirement Income Security Act regulates relationships in employer or labor union

sponsored fringe benefits. This includes retirement plans, severance plans and insurance programs provided employees by the employer (group health insurance, group life insurance and group disability insurance). The firm represents and advises individuals and businesses concerning the plans, including eligibility or coverage issues and benefit denials.

COBRA - We advise clients on policies concerning continuation of health insurance under COBRA, coverage denials or issues, notice requirements and benefit denials.

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) - We counsel clients concerning rights and obligations under this Federal law, including issues pertaining to pre-existing condition clauses and creditable coverage.

Insurance - Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance. We represent individuals with problems under their insurance policies, whether the policies were obtained individually or as part of a group plan. Among other matters, we address coverage issues, denial of policies, attempted rescissions of policies, allegations of material misrepresentation, pre-existing condition clauses, and denials of benefits.

Employment - This is a broad category that includes employment contracts, medical or maternity leave under the Federal or D.C. Family and Medical Leave Act, compensation issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act, issues of negligent hire or supervision, severance issues, wrongful termination and defamation.

Discrimination in employment, education, public accommodations and government programs and services - This firm represents and advises clients in matters involving all of the protected classes, e.g., disability law, sex discrimination, sexual harassment, age discrimination and race discrimination.

Other civil and appellate litigation - Aside from the practice areas already mentioned, the firm represents individuals in legal malpractice actions, various personal injury tort cases, and litigation involving breaches of the confidentiality of medical records.