On August 15, 1983, I started as a young associate attorney with a Brooklyn law firm named Pasternack Popish and Burton. I had just left my first law job at a general practice firm, with the solid conviction that learning and juggling many different kinds of cases in different areas of the law wasn’t for […]

Often, injured workers face delays in the processing of their claims. Such workers can be out of work due to an on-the-job injury and not see a check from the insurance company for weeks, or even months. This can cause untold hardships for the worker. How is the comp system supposed to work? And what […]