Comprehensive New York Workers’ Compensation Legal Services:
Defense of workers’ compensation claims in New York requires a comprehensive approach and an ability to handle a variety of legal issues and procedures.
Experienced attorneys at Gitto & Niefer, LLP handle all aspects of New York workers’ compensation claims and legal services including:
- initial claim review, analysis and risk management
- Rocket Docket investigation of controverted claims
- Certification of Notice of Controversy
- Preparation of PH 16.2 PreHearing Conference Statements
- Workers’ Compensation Hearings and Trials virtually statewide or in person locally.
- Preparation of IME cover letters and recommendations for IME’s
- Depositions
- Memoranda of Law
- All aspects of appeals and rebuttals including appeals to Appellate Division, Third Department and Court of Appeals
- Section 32 settlement evaluations, negotiations and agreements
- Calculation and Preparation of Medicare Set Asides (MSA’s) and submission for CMS approval in more efficient and cost effective manner than national vendors
- Third party lien offset management and negotiation, including loss transfer claims
- Social Security Disability
- Section 120 discrimination cases
- Interpretation and analysis of new legislation and regulations
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Partners in our group have experience in bringing precedent setting cases to the appellate level on issues of statewide concern in New York. Our focus is on handling a high volume of cases efficiently and effectively. Our work is primarily on behalf of self-insured employers and insurance carriers. Lawyers are accessible to assist with claim-handling strategy.