Employers have a moral and legal responsibility to keep their employees safe from harm to the best of their ability. This is especially true for small businesses, which may face considerable difficulty facing lost productivity and higher workers' compensation costs after an on-the-job accident occurs at their workplace. Unfortunately, many businesses looking to keep spending...
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New Commission Proposed to “Improve” Social Security
Individuals who depend upon Social Security Disability benefits for their income should be on alert, as two U.S. Representatives are now proposing the creation of a bipartisan commission to improve Social Security. Unfortunately, when politicians try to "improve" programs, often this ends up having an adverse impact on the benefits that people within the program...
Read MoreHow Does An Attorney Help Me Get Disability Benefits?
Many people wonder if it's really necessary for them to hire an attorney to assist them with their claim for Social Security disability benefits. After all, their doctor has told them that they're totally disabled and can't work any longer. Why would they need to hire an attorney for assistance obtaining Social Security disability benefits...
Read MoreSenior Partner Jordan A. Ziegler Gets His ‘Hands Dirty’ With Members of FDNY Maintenance and Repair Union
Jordan A. Ziegler, a senior partner at Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano, LLP, recently spoke to the crew at the F.D.N.Y. Review Avenue repair shop about workers' compensation. In a lighter moment, he clutched a hammer in his right hand and grinned as he posed for a photo in front of an F.D.N.Y....
Read MoreSocial Security Disability Benefits The Only Safety Net for Many Workers
Most people have to work for a living in order to pay their bills and put food on the table. Unfortunately, sometimes a medical problem or disability makes working impossible. In fact, our Manhattan disability lawyers know that an estimated one out of every four workers now in his or her 20s will become disabled...
Read MoreFacts and Myths About Social Security Disability Benefits
Lately, the Social Security disability benefits program has come under scrutiny because there are record numbers of people receiving benefits and because the cost of covering disability benefits now exceeds annual expenses paid out for welfare and food stamps. Our Manhattan disability lawyers have written in the past about how the Social Security Disability System...
Read MorePasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton and Romano, LLP Attorneys Named Top Women Attorneys in New York
Our New York City work injury attorneys are pleased to announce that Catherine M. Stanton and Barbara Tilker have both been recognized as Top Women Attorneys in New York for 2013 by Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is a rating service that recognizes outstanding attorneys in each state. In addition to identifying top-notch legal professionals among more than...
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